The FDA and the NIH National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS)/Office of Rare Diseases Research (ORDR) conducted this needs assessment to better understand unmet medical device needs for rare diseases – ultimately to raise public awareness of these unmet needs. Let this motivate us all to explore, push limits, innovate, and invent. Onward software warriors!
Download report here: Unmet Medical Device Needs Full Report plus Appendices
Being Agile & Yet Compliant (Public)
Our SoftwareCPR unique approach to incorporating agile and lean engineering to your medical device software process training course is now open for registration!
3 days virtual (Zoom) with group exercises, quizzes, examples, Q&A.
Lead Instructor: Mike Russell
Next public offerings:
IEC 62304 and other emerging standards for Medical Device and HealthIT Software
Our flagship course for preparing regulatory, quality, engineering, operations, and others for the activities and documentation expected for IEC 62304 conformance and for FDA expectations. The goal is to educate on the intent and purpose so that the participants are able to make informed decisions in the future. Focus is not simply what the standard says, but what is meant and discuss examples and approaches one might implement to comply. Special deep discount pricing available to FDA attendees and other regulators.
3-days onsite with group exercises, quizzes, examples, Q&A.
Instructor: Brian Pate
Next public offering: TBD
Call or email now to schedule a private, in-house class. The fall schedule is filling up!
Email training@softwarecpr.com to request a special pre-registration discount. Limited number of pre-registration coupons.
Registration Link:
TBD
Medical Device Cybersecurity (Public or Private)
This course takes a deep dive into the US FDA expectations for cybersecurity activities in the product development process with central focus on the cybersecurity risk analysis process. Overall approach will be tied to relevant standards and FDA guidance documentation. The course will follow the ISO 14971:2019 framework for overall structure but utilize IEC 62304, IEC 81001-5-1, and AAMI TIR57 for specific details regarding cybersecurity planning, risk characterization, threat modeling, and control strategies.
2-days onsite with group exercises, quizzes, examples, Q&A.
Instructor: Dr Peter Rech, 2nd instructor (optional)
Next public offering: TBD
