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Season 2 - Episode 7: The Effects of COVID-19 on Regulatory Affairs


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In this episode of GuideWire, Devin Hubbard and Nabil Khan with FastTraCS talk to Jon Speer, founder of Greenlight Guru and host of the Global Medical Device Podcast.

 Jon discusses how the COVID-19 pandemic and shutdown affected the quality and regulatory affairs industry and specifically, Greenlight Guru as a company and quality management system (QMS).

 

Today’s Topics Include:

  • Greenlight Guru’s QMS: Needed now more than ever for to access documents, records
  • Rules Change: Why Greenlight Guru decided to allow remote work to continue growing
  • Greenlight Growth: Expected, forecasted, and planned for but faster because of COVID
  • Industry Impact: Companies struggled, shut down, or shifted development efforts
  • Clinical Trials/Investigations: COVID changed how these are being conducted
  • New Types of Med Device Companies: Naive about requirements and regulations
  • Positive Outcomes: In this together, so collaborate and share knowledge, feedback
  • Emergency Use Authorization (EUA): FDA’s criteria for risk tolerance and assessment
  • Side Effects: Longer lead times but faster standard practice to develop medical devices
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    Links and Resources:

    Greenlight Guru

    Greenlight Guru Podcasts

    Greenlight Guru - Definitive Guide to ISO 14971:2019 Risk Management for Medical Devices

    Greenlight Guru - ISO 13485: Ultimate Guide to the Quality Management System (QMS) for Medical Devices

    Greenlight Guru - Ultimate Guide to 21 CFR Part 820

    Greenlight Guru - The Ultimate Guide to Design Controls

    FDA - Guidance Document on Design Controls

    FDA - Emergency Use Authorization (EUA)

    FDA - 510(k) Submission Process

    FDA - Premarket Approval (PMA)

    FDA - Case for Quality Initiative

    National Institutes of Health (NIH) - Rapid Acceleration of Diagnostics (RADx Program)

    ASTM International

    F3502 Mask Standard

    IEC 60601 Standard

    N95 Respirators, Surgical Masks, and Face Masks

    Nabil Khan

    Devin Hubbard

    FastTraCS

    FastTraCSClinical Advisory Group

    GuideWire Podcast on Twitter

    GuideWire Podcast

     

    Quotes/Tweets:

    “Up until that point, we were growing fast and furious in a good way.”

    “We now have been able to open up our talent pools to markets that might have not been accessible to us.”

    “Medical device - it’s the long play. It’s not the short-term thing. There will be a need for my product, my technology.”

    “There were a lot of positives that have come through the pandemic. I saw the collaboration, the sharing, the openness.”

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