NADL Heightens Industry Awareness

If one were to ask almost any laboratory owner what one of their biggest challenges is, the answer would likely revolve around finding, and keeping, good employees.  Even laboratories that are open to hiring those new to the industry and training are still struggling to just find people. This employment gap, however, is not unique…

FDA Inspections Are Not All the Same – Two Recent Cases

In the past decade, the FDA has increased the number of device manufacturing establishment inspections. Pre-COVID, in 2017, the FDA conducted 2,952 inspections of medical device firms, representing a 46 percent increase compared to a decade earlier. FDA also increased foreign inspections 243 percent. In 2018, FDA regional field offices launched inspections of dental laboratories…