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Post-Market activities, Complaint Handling, MDRs, and Recalls are expensive, time consuming, and often lead to more serious financial consequences. Over 80% of FDA Inspection target observations for lack of compliance in these areas.

By attending this seminar, you will discover:

• How to overcome one of the biggest obstacles device manufacturers face
• How the FDA expects you to develop and implement proper handling of complaints reportable or non-reportable, product complaint handling and documentation
• How and when to file Medical Device Reports (MDR), effective and appropriate communication with the appropriate regulatory agencies in the event of a recall.
• How to conduct a correction and removal actions to avoid a recall crisis, including required recordkeeping, expectation from FDA and other regulatory agencies in the event of a recall and key factors in implementing and maintaining compliance with the regulations and real life experiences of FDA.

Spend one and a half days in an interactive course led by Ms. Rita Hoffman, Former FDA CDRH Recall Branch Chief with over 36 years with FDA and leading Industry Expert, who will provide the participants with tools to minimize risk of regulatory enforcement actions.

**New course materials have been added, updated content will include:

Creating Standard Operating Systems (SOPs) for Post-Market Quality Systems and

What to expect from the changes in ORA with Inspection Structure Realignment

This Seminar will have you stop spinning your wheels with nonessential activities, and leave you with a comprehensive learning package that only Rita Hoffman, a former FDA CDRH Recall Branch Chief with experience across the device, drug and veterinary industries can provide.

Learning Objectives:

• Understand how to comply with complicated Compliant Handling, MDR and Recall requirements
• Firms MDR reporting and FDA's handling of reports
• Company preparation in the event of a Recall, recall strategy, notification letter and communicating with the FDA
• Minimize your risk of regulatory enforcement actions
• Assist with the creation and maintenance of effective procedures for handling complaints, reportable events and recalls
• Understand the relationship and interaction with other quality system elements as they relate to complaints and reportable events
• Walk-through of case examples
• Step-By-Step guide to designing Standard Operating Systems for communicating process for firm’s success
• Discussion of FDA’s New Guidance’s on Risk and how it interacts with Recalls

Who Will Benefit:

This course will benefit anyone in the medical device industry that handles functions involving product complaints, recalls, medical device reporting.

• Regulatory Affairs
• QA/QC
• Project Managers
• Regulatory Professional
• Risk Managers
• Complaint Handling Teams
• CAPA Teams

Seminar Fee Includes:

• Lunch
• AM-PM Tea/Coffee
• Seminar Material
• USB with seminar presentation
• Hard copy of presentation
• Attendance Certificate
• $100 Gift Cert for next seminar

Topic Background:

Medical Device Reporting (MDR) and recall compliance are critical to the continue survival of all device manufacturers. The FDA is continuing their efforts to issue numerous FDA Warning Letters and serious enforcement actions, including criminal & civil penalties levied on companies that failed to properly report events and take proper corrective and removal actions. The number of device companies having their recall classified as a Class 1 (most severe) recall has surged in the past three years. Additionally, product liability and financial risks are staggering when companies fail to properly report and take action when required.

This course will provide an understanding of MDR & recall compliance and the interrelationship of Complaint Handling, CAPA, and Risk Management processes. It will be beneficial to all device manufacturers and is recommended for any individuals or teams that are involved in medical device reporting (MDR) and correction & removal processes, including recalls.

AGENDA

Day 01(8:30 AM - 5:00 PM)

08.30 AM - 09.00 AM: Registration

09.00 AM: Session Start

Introduction to class (20 min)

Complaint Handling and FDA Expectations (120 min)

What is a complaint?

How do you distinguish among a product complain, a satisfaction complaint and a customer inquiry.

Firms Responsibilities and Definitions

Should companies document all service call complaints

Complaint Forms

FDA Expectations for written procedures on complaint files

Medical Device Reporting Procedures (MDR) (90 min)

Understand the MDR regulation 21CFR 803

Definitions 21 CFR 803.3

MDR Procedures 21 CFR 803.17

Types of MDR reports

MDR reporting by firm, agents and exemptions

Who should maintain files, how long should files be maintained

Final regulations on eMDRs

Identifying a Malfunction

Malfunction --To report or not to report

Serious injury triggers

Person Qualified Makes Medical Judgment

MDR FDA Perspective (30 min)

CDRH Mandatory vs. Voluntary Reporting

What happens to an MDR report submitted to FDA

Manufacturer and User Facility Device Experience (MAUDE) and new data system being implemented

Medical Products Safety Network (MedSun)

UDI requirements

eMDR (20 min)

Brief overview of eMDR (20 min)

Understanding Timelines for Reporting

Problems with eMDR

New Guidance Documents for Postmarket Regulations (30 min)

Case for Quality

Changes in Traditional Compliance Requirements

Emerging Signals

Scope of Evolving Guidance Documents

Benefit Risk Assessments

Notable Changes in FDA Thinking

Recalls: Definitions and Legal Authority (45 min)

What is a recall?

Legal Authority (Chapter 7, 21CFR 806)

What are the key elements of 21CFR 806

What information needs to be reported and when?

Voluntary vs. Mandatory recalls

Definitions – Corrections, Removals

Reporting requirements for non-recall field actions

Classification system – Classifying a Recall?

What is different about Class 1 recall

Being Recall Ready –Proactive Steps to Avoid Crisis (45 min)

Internal Decision Making

Early warning signs

Assembling “The Team” – Assigning decision making authority

Elements of an effective recall team

Responsibilities of other departments

Examples of Close-calls

Guidelines and best practices for having contingency plan in place

Day 02(8:30 AM - 4:00 PM)

Evaluating Risk and Health Hazard Evaluation (HHE) (60 min)

Analyzing adverse event and product quality reports

Identifying trends, Data and factors to consider

Assessing need to conduct HHE

HHE Procedures

Human Factors Issues

Opening a CAPA to Determine Root Cause and relationship to CAPA System

Elements of a Correction and Removal Report (806.10) (90 min)

Designing an 806 Report

Communicating with FDA

e 806 reporting

Expanding a C & R Report

Records/Exemptions

Developing Effective Strategies and Communicating with FDA (80 min)

Elements of a good Recall Strategy

What does the FDA expect strategy to contain?

Effective Notification Letter to minimize consequences

Knowing when to contact FDA District

Discussing Recall Strategy with FDA – Seeking input and support of your strategy to avoid common pitfalls

Issuance of Press Release and communication with customers

Notification Letters and Press Release (45 min)

Terminating a Recall

How and when does termination take place?

Communication between the firm and the District Office.

Requesting a formal recall closeout.

CAPA and finding the root cause (overview only)

Silent Recalls vs. Product Enhancements (30 min)

Device changing environment

Guidance Document and expectations

Product improvement (Repair or Modification)

Decision 803 or 806

Product Retrieval Issues, Effectiveness Checks and Status Reports (50 min)

Receiving and accounting for returned products

Supply chain challenges – distribution, wholesale, repackaging

Global recall market

Designing an efficient Effectiveness Checks

Coordination and Discussion with FDA

Evaluating recall effectiveness Data

Developing and formatting status reports

Changes in Inspections, Look-back from Recalls and Other Field Actions (30min)

What are the consequences of a recall?

How do you prepare for a post recall inspection

What customers and other outside communication are necessary?

What factors should you consider when determining whether or not to get your product back?

What to expect during inspection

How FDA has changes inspection (Who, What, How)

Termination of a Recall (15 min)

Who, how and when does termination happen

Exporting a Recalled Product

Communication between firm and District Office

Requesting formal closeout by FDA

Mock Recall and Wrap-up (35 min)

SPEAKER

Rita Hoffman, RAC,

Managing Partner Regs & Recall Strategies, LLC and Former FDA CDRH Recall Branch Chief

Rita Hoffman, RAC. Managing Partner Regs & Recall Strategies, LLC .Ms. Hoffman has more than 36 years of FDA experience across the device, drug and veterinary industries. She has an intimate understanding of FDA regulatory and compliance issues from the perspective of both FDA and regulated industry. As an FDA compliance consultant, she provides clients with regulatory insight, advises on critical compliance deficiencies, performs compliance and new product audits, provides insight and guidance on recall strategies to the medical device industry, and advises on jurisdiction determinations for combination products.

Ms. Hoffman retired from the FDA in January 2011 as the Recall Branch Chief for the Center for Devices and Radiological Health (CDRH), where she was responsible for oversight and review for all medical device recalls. Ms. Hoffman held several positions including the Center for Drug Evaluation and Research (CDER) Jurisdiction Review Officer (providing guidance on drug/device product designation, combination products and co-packaging), Acting Associate Ombudsman, Small Business Liaison, and was a Policy Analyst for eight years in the Office of the Commissioner. She served as co-chair of RAPS’ Baltimore/Washington Metropolitan Area Chapter for 2-terms, and in 2008 was presented with the Special Recognition Award by RAPS.

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