FDA's Center for Devices and Radiological Health is responsible for ensuring the safety and effectiveness of medical devices and eliminating unnecessary human exposure to man-made radiation from medical, occupational and consumer products.

  Center for Devices and Radiological Health

The Center is a consumer watchdog in America's healthcare system. CDER's best-known job is to evaluate new drugs before they can be sold. The Center's review of new drug applications not only prevents quackery, but it provides doctors and patients with the information they need to use medicines wisely.

  Center for Drug Evaluation and Research

Formerly known as HCFA, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is a federal agency within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. CMS runs the Medicare and Medicaid programs - two national health care programs that benefit about 75 million Americans.

  Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services

Searchable databases on the CDRH(FDA) website containing both 510(k) and PMA information.

  Devices Approved by the FDA

Drugs approved by the Food and Drug Administration, by year.

  Drugs Approved by the FDA

The Medical Devices Directives (MDD) form the foundation of Europe’s regulatory framework for medical devices. The MDD are essential to ensuring the delivery of the latest technology to European patients in the safest and fastest way possible.

  European Union Regulatory Agency

FDA's mission is to promote and protect the public health by helping safe and effective products reach the market in a timely way, and monitoring products for continued safety after they are in use. Our work is a blending of law and science aimed at protecting consumers.

  Food and Drug Administration

The Global Harmonization Task Force (GHTF) was conceived in 1992 in an effort to respond to the growing need for international harmonization in the regulation of medical devices.

  Global Harmonization Task Force

We provide you with in-depth analysis on the industry, help you export, take you on high-profile trade missions and go to the markets and gather sales leads just for your company. We also track foreign regulatory policies, and assist with trade agreement negotiations.

  International Trade Administration- Medical Devices

Internet gateway for timely safety information on the drugs and other medical products regulated by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.

  MedWatch

The mission of the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR) is to promote the general health of the American people by improving their oral, dental and craniofacial health. Through the conduct and support of research and the training of researchers, the NIDCR aims to promote health, prevent diseases and conditions, and develop new diagnostics and therapeutics.

  nidcrinfo@mail.nih.gov
  National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research

The National Institutes of Health is the steward of medical and behavioral research for the Nation. Its mission is science in pursuit of fundamental knowledge about the nature and behavior of living systems and the application of that knowledge to extend healthy life and reduce the burdens of illness and disability. The goals of the agency are as follows: 1) foster fundamental creative discoveries, innovative research strategies, and their applications as a basis to advance significantly the Nation’s capacity to protect and improve health; 2) develop, maintain, and renew scientific human and physical resources that will assure the Nation’s capability to prevent disease; 3) expand the knowledge base in medical and associated sciences in order to enhance the Nation’s economic well-being and ensure a continued high return on the public investment in research; and 4) exemplify and promote the highest level of scientific integrity, public accountability, and social responsibility in the conduct of science.

  National Institutes of Health