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A Comprehensive Review of the FDA Draft Guidance on Use-Related Risk Analysis (URRA)

This article discusses the FDA's draft guidance on Use-Related Risk Analysis (URRA), highlighting its alignment with long-standing industry practices and the notable inclusion of drug products with complex regimens. Discover how this new guidance impacts human factors engineering in drug delivery medical devices and combination products.

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Creating a Task Analysis for a Drug Delivery Device

Explore the critical role of Task Analysis in designing user-friendly and safe medical devices and drug delivery devices. This method helps identify potential use errors, optimize usability, and create intuitive interfaces, ensuring devices meet user needs while enhancing safety and performance.

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Introduction to Human Factors in the Medical Device and Pharmaceutical Industry

Explore the evolution of human factors and usability in pharmaceutical drug delivery devices. This post highlights the role of user-centered design in ensuring devices are safe, effective, and tailored to patient needs. From FDA guidelines to global regulatory standards like IEC62366, it traces how usability testing and human factors have become essential in designing patient-friendly devices.

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Leading language in Human Factors

Explore the importance of using unbiased scripts in pharmaceutical human factors evaluations. Unbiased scripts help prevent leading participants toward unnatural behaviors, ensuring accurate and impartial results. This post covers best practices for creating neutral scripts, controlling bias, and ensuring scientific rigor in human factors studies, which are crucial for developing safe and effective drug delivery devices

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