Introduction 2018 was a difficult year for many medical device manufacturers, with large spikes in Class I recalls and a whopping 186,580,917 devices across 343 recalls affected in Q1. While the impact in Q2 and Q3 was lower, the number of recalls was still high. In fact, Q2 had the most single-quarter recalls since 2005, clocking in at 360 recalls affecting 42.4 million devices. So, what gives?...

Establishing Current Good Manufacturing Practices (CGMPs) ensures that medical device manufacturers can better comply with regulations and standards like FDA 21 CFR part 820.100 and ISO 13485, including quality systems that identify, analyze, and correct quality issues. These corrective and preventive action (CAPA) processes are a major component of delivering and supporting medical devices in...