FDA's CDRH 2024 Annual Report: Advancing Medical Device Safety and Quality

On Jan. 17, the FDA issued the Center for Devices and Radiological Health (CDRH) 2024 Annual Report.

The report details the ways CDRH is working to advance safe, effective, and high-quality medical devices, and safe radiation-emitting products.

CDRH’s actions in 2024 included:

• Advancing innovative, safe, and effective medical device sterilization efforts.
• Increasing the number of novel device authorizations.
• Launching Home as a Health Care Hub.
• Enhancing the Medical Device Recall Program by increasing transparency and overall timeliness of communications.
• Ensuring the safety of devices by addressing data integrity issues coming from foreign countries.
• Taking action to prevent and mitigate supply chain interruptions and to promote resiliency in the U.S. medical supply chain.