Clinical Research: Phase 1 - Phase 4

5 Stages of Medical Device Development

While in many ways similar to pharmaceutical drug development, medical device development must work through some unique challenges, including: Variations in complexity — Devices may have multiple different constituent parts, including hardware, software, and medicinal components. Very different purposes — Almost all drugs are therapeutic, while devices may be therapeutic, diagnostic, monitoring, supportive, surgical, and more. Regulations regarding...