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During the COVID-19 public health emergency (PHE), FDA's enforcement discretion policies allowed Americans to have access to numerous medical devices that would traditionally undergo FDA review and clearance/approval without this review. Although this was good for the American public, there was always an outstanding question of what would happen once the PHE ended: How would FDA approach these medical devices and regulate them again? Here's the details of the FDA's transition plan for medical devices as these enforced discretion policies come to an end.

Additive manufacturing (AM) held a prominent place in the response to the COVID-19 pandemic, which was explicitly acknowledged by the FDA. The agency collaborated with other federal government agencies to encourage rapid innovation in manufacturing for the pandemic, but with the pandemic having come to a close, it may be time to examine the FDA’s standing guidance for AM.