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PMA Guidance Documents

* PMA Modular Submission Cover Sheet at HIMA Website   PDF    
*30-Day Notices and 135-Day PMA Supplements for Manufacturing Method or Process Changes (2/19/98) (P98-4) (02/19/1998) Text      
*30-Day Notices and 135-day PMA Supplements for Manufacturing Method or Process Changes, Guidance for Industry and CDRH (Docket 98D-0080); Final (02/19/1998) Text PDF    
*Acceptance of Foreign Clinical Studies; Guidance for Industry (03/13/2001) Text PDF    
*Assessing User Fees: PMA Supplement Definitions, Modular PMA Fees, BLA and Efficacy Supplement Definitions, Bundling Multiple Devices in a Single Application, and Fees for Combination Products; Guidance for Industry and FDA (02/25/2003) Text PDF    
*Balloon Valvuloplasty Guidance For The Submission Of an IDE Application and a PMA Application (01/01/1989) Text      
*Bioresearch Monitoring Agreement for PMAs and PDPs (02/23/1998) Text      
*Bone Sonometer PMA Applications; Final Guidance for Industry and FDA (06/21/2001) Text PDF    
*Bundling Multiple Devices or Multiple Indications in a Single Submission - Guidance for Industry and FDA Staff (11/26/2003) Text PDF    
*Color Additive Petitions (p. II-19 of PMA Manual) (06/01/1987)   PDF    
*Continued Access to Investigational Devices During PMA Preparation and Review (Blue Book Memo) (D96-1) (07/15/1996) Text      
*Distribution and Public Availability of PMA Summary of Safety and Effectiveness Data Packages (10/10/1997) Text      
*Draft Guidance for Industry and FDA Staff - Modifications to Devices Subject to Premarket Approval (PMA) - The PMA Supplement Decision-Making Process (03/09/2007) Text PDF    
*Draft Guidance: Likelihood of Facilities Inspections When Modifying Devices Subject to Premarket Approval (08/05/1999) Text PDF    
*Early Collaboration Meetings Under the FDA Modernization Act (FDAMA) (2/19/98 (P98-3) (02/19/1998) Text      
*Expedited Review of Premarket Submissions for Devices - Guidance for Industry and FDA Staff (02/29/2008) Text PDF    
*FDA and Industry Actions on Premarket Approval Applications (PMAs): Effect on FDA Review Clock and Performance Assessment - Guidance for Industry and FDA Staff (06/30/2008) Text PDF    
*Guidance Document for the Preparation of IDE and PMA Applications for Intra-Articular Prothetic Knee Ligament Devices (02/18/1993) Text PDF    
*Guidance for Industry and FDA Staff - Statistical Guidance on Reporting Results from Studies Evaluating Diagnostic Tests (03/13/2007) Text PDF    
*Guidance on PMA Interactive Procedures for Day-100 Meetings and Subsequent Deficiencies (2/19/1998) (P98-2) (02/19/1998) Text      
*Guidance on PMA Interactive Procedures for Day-100 Meetings and Subsequent Deficiencies - for Use by CDRH and Industry; Final (02/19/1998) Text PDF    
*Guidance on Section 216 of the Food and Drug Administration Modernization Act of 1997 (08/09/2000) Text PDF    
*Guidance to Industry Supplements to Approved Applications for Class III Medical Devices: Use of Published Literature, Use of Previously Submitted Materials, and Priority Review; Final (05/20/1998) Text      
*In Vitro Diagnostic Model for a Pilot for Streamlined PMA Review Text      
*Letter to IVD Manufacturers on Streamlined PMA; Final (12/22/1997)   PDF    
*Panel Report and Recommendations on PMA Approvals #P86-5 (blue book memo) (04/18/1986) Text      
*Panel Review of Premarket Approval Applications #P91-2 (blue book memo) (05/03/1991) Text      
*PMA Compliance Program #P91-3 (blue book memo) (05/03/1991) Text      
*PMA Post Approval Studies (04/06/2007) Text      
*PMA Review Statistical Checklist   PDF    
*Premarket Approval Application (PMA) Closure #P94-2 (blue book memo) (07/08/1994) Text      
*Premarket Approval Application Content Shell Text      
*Premarket Approval Application Filing Review - Guidance for Industry and FDA Staff (05/01/2003) Text PDF    
*Premarket Approval Application Modular Review - Guidance for Industry and FDA Staff (11/03/2003) Text PDF    
*Premarket Approval Applications (PMA) for Sharps Needle Destruction Devices; Final Guidance for Industry and FDA (03/02/2001) Text PDF    
*Premarket Assessment of Pediatric Medical Devices - Guidance for Industry and FDA Staff (05/14/2004) Text PDF    
*Quality System Information for Certain Premarket Application Reviews; Guidance for Industry and FDA Staff (02/03/2003)   PDF    
*Real-Time Premarket Approval Application (PMA) Supplements - Guidance for Industry and FDA Staff (04/28/2006) Text PDF    
*The Least Burdensome Provisions of the FDA Modernization Act of 1997: Concept and Principles: Final Guidance for FDA and Industry (10/04/2002) Text PDF    
*Threshold Assessment of the Impact of Requirements for Submission of PMAs for 31 Medical Devices Marketed Prior to May 28, 1976 (01/01/1990)   PDF    
*User Fees and Refunds for Premarket Approval Applications - Guidance for Industry and FDA Staff (11/24/2003) Text PDF    

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