FDA Output, October 2026
Novel FDA Device Approvals, Breakthrough Designations, Class I Recalls, Warning Letters, and new Predetermined Change Control Plans in October 2026. Updated October 31.
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Novel FDA Device Approvals, Breakthrough Designations, Class I Recalls, Warning Letters, and new Predetermined Change Control Plans in October 2026. Updated October 31.
In September, a high-profile FDA advisory committee panel recommended regulatory approval of GRAIL’s multi-cancer early detection screening test, paving the way for a new paradigm in diagnostics. Wall Street and companies working on MCEDs responded favorably, and GRAIL’s stock jumped. The panel opinion has nuances, however, and the next steps will be critical in sorting out an opportunity that is guaranteed to be complicated, as well as exciting.
FDA drafts mental health generative AI guidance. Excerpted from Pathways Picks October 7: AI Plans in the UK and US, Europe’s First JCA Devices, and More.