{"id":16469,"date":"2020-06-23T08:22:07","date_gmt":"2020-06-23T13:22:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/?p=16469"},"modified":"2020-06-22T22:29:54","modified_gmt":"2020-06-23T03:29:54","slug":"fda-coronavirus-covid-19-update-june-23rd-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/2020\/06\/23\/fda-coronavirus-covid-19-update-june-23rd-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"FDA Coronavirus (COVID-19) Update: June 23rd, 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"xn-location\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-488618\" title=\"U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)\" src=\"https:\/\/www.clarksvilleonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/U.S.-Food-and-Drug-Administration-FDA.jpg\" alt=\"U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)\" width=\"270\" height=\"64\"><strong>Silver Springs, MD<\/strong> &#8211; <\/span>The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) today continues to take action in the ongoing response to the COVID-19 Coronavirus pandemic:<\/p>\n<p>The FDA issued a guidance document, titled &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=2838176-1&amp;h=267333960&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.fda.gov%2Fregulatory-information%2Fsearch-fda-guidance-documents%2Feffects-covid-19-public-health-emergency-formal-meetings-and-user-fee-applications-medical-devices&amp;a=Effects+of+the+COVID-19+Public+Health+Emergency+on+Formal+Meetings+and+User+Fee+Applications+for+Medical+Devices+-+Questions+and+Answers\"  target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Effects of the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency on Formal Meetings and User Fee Applications for Medical Devices &#8211; Questions and Answers<\/a>,&#8221; with answers to frequently asked questions.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_486126\" style=\"width: 490px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.clarksvilleonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Coronavirus-4.jpg\"  class=\"thickbox no_icon\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-486126\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-486126\" title=\"Coronavirus\" src=\"https:\/\/www.clarksvilleonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Coronavirus-4-480x270.jpg\" alt=\"Coronavirus\" width=\"480\" height=\"270\"><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-486126\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Coronavirus<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>These include answers concerning certain aspects of sponsor requests for formal meetings with the FDA, user-fee application goals and timelines, and other regulatory and policy issues related to device development for the duration of the COVID-19 Coronavirus public health emergency.<\/p>\n<p>As part of the FDA&#8217;s continuing effort to protect consumers, the agency issued a warning letter to one firm for selling fraudulent COVID-19 Coronavirus products.<\/p>\n<p>The seller, <a href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=2838176-1&amp;h=2924148057&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.fda.gov%2Finspections-compliance-enforcement-and-criminal-investigations%2Fwarning-letters%2Fnorth-isle-wellness-center-607947-06192020&amp;a=North+Isle+Wellness+Center\"  target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">North Isle Wellness Center<\/a>, offers Methylene Blue products for sale in <span class=\"xn-location\">the United States<\/span> with misleading claims that the products can mitigate, prevent, treat, or cure COVID-19 Coronavirus in people. The letter requests that the seller take immediate action to cease the sale of such unapproved and unauthorized products.<\/p>\n<p>There are currently no FDA-approved products to prevent or treat COVID-19 Coronavirus. Consumers concerned about COVID-19 Coronavirus should consult with their health care provider.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Testing updates:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>To date, the FDA has authorized 145 tests under EUAs; these include 122 molecular tests, 22 antibody tests, and 1 antigen test.<\/p>\n<p><b>Additional Resources:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=2838176-1&amp;h=3244236347&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.fda.gov%2Fmedical-devices%2Femergency-situations-medical-devices%2Ffaqs-testing-sars-cov-2%23offeringtests&amp;a=FAQs+on+Testing+for+SARS-CoV-2\"  target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">FAQs on Testing for SARS-CoV-2<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=2838176-1&amp;h=2292618622&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.fda.gov%2Fregulatory-information%2Fsearch-fda-guidance-documents%2Fpolicy-coronavirus-disease-2019-tests-during-public-health-emergency-revised&amp;a=Policy+for+Coronavirus+Disease-2019+Tests+During+the+Public+Health+Emergency+(Revised)\"  target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Policy for Coronavirus Disease-2019 Tests During the Public Health Emergency (Revised)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=2838176-1&amp;h=2404124080&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.fda.gov%2Femergency-preparedness-and-response%2Fcounterterrorism-and-emerging-threats%2Fcoronavirus-disease-2019-covid-19&amp;a=Coronavirus+Disease+2019+(COVID-19)\"  target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><br class=\"dnr\"><b>Consumer Inquiries<\/b>: 888.INFO.FDA<\/p>\n<h3>About the U.S. Food and Drug Administration<\/h3>\n<p>The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), an agency within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, protects the public health by assuring the safety, effectiveness, and security of human and veterinary drugs, vaccines and other biological products for human use, and medical devices. The agency also is responsible for the safety and security of our nation&#8217;s food supply, cosmetics, dietary supplements, products that give off electronic radiation, and for regulating tobacco products.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Silver Springs, MD &#8211; The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) today continues to take action in the ongoing response to the COVID-19 Coronavirus pandemic: The FDA issued a guidance document, titled &#8220;Effects of the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency on Formal Meetings and User Fee Applications for Medical Devices &#8211; Questions and Answers,&#8221; with answers [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[86],"tags":[12675,12712,1110,12734,8728,1109],"class_list":["post-16469","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-health","tag-coronavirus","tag-covid-19","tag-fda","tag-pandemic","tag-silver-springs-md","tag-u-s-food-and-drug-administration"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16469","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16469"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16469\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16470,"href":"https:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16469\/revisions\/16470"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16469"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16469"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16469"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}