Device Firms Get Extra Time To Remove Drug Codes From Product Labels
This article was originally published in SRA
Executive Summary
The US Food and Drug Administration will allow some medical device packaging to continue to carry national drug code (NDC) or national health related item code (NHRIC) numbers until 2021, despite a regulation stating the codes need to be removed before then. The policy, laid out in a draft guidance released Feb. 2, will apply to certain devices manufactured and packaged before Sept. 24, 20181.