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Elisa
Elisa Harvey
Senior Regulatory Consultant, CardioMed Device Consultants, LLC

Elisa Harvey is a Senior Regulatory Consultant at CardioMed Device Consultants. She provides clinical, preclinical and regulatory consulting services for the medical device industry. She brings extensive scientific and regulatory experience to assist at every step of the device development plan from early animal testing to clinical trial planning and regulatory submission strategy.

Prior to joining CardioMed, Dr. Harvey worked for more than ten years in FDA’s Office of Device Evaluation (ODE) within the Center for Devices and Radiological Health. She began as a reviewer in the Obstetrics and Gynecology Devices Branch.

Later she became Chief of the Peripheral Vascular Devices Branch with the Division of Cardiovascular Devices. In this position she oversaw the review and approval of a wide variety of devices including peripheral and carotid stents, vena cava filters, stent-grafts for the treatment of thoracic and abdominal aortic aneurysms, and numerous other catheter-based technologies. Her most recent position at FDA was overseeing the Investigational Device Exemption (IDE) and Humanitarian Device Exemption (HDE) Programs in ODE. Here she directed regulatory policy for IDEs and HDEs, and managed ODE’s growing pre-IDE program, which has become an invaluable part of the device development plan.

Dr. Harvey's diverse background includes basic and clinical research, and clinical veterinary experience. She has extensive experience in review and approval of preclinical animal protocols, feasibility and pivotal clinical study protocols, and optimizing pre-IDE packages in order to maximize the effectiveness of meeting with the Agency in the pre-IDE phase.

Prior to her work at FDA, Dr. Harvey practiced veterinary medicine full time for several years. She earned her Bachelor's degree in biology at Mary Washington College, her Master's and Ph.D. degrees in zoology and reproductive physiology respectively at the University of Connecticut, and her veterinary medical degree from Tufts University.

Upcoming Webinars Recorded Webinars
Elisa Harvey

Understanding Combination Products, Requests for Designation and Product Jurisdiction

This webinar will provide a detailed discussion of understanding the definition of a combination product, the categories of combination products, how combination products are reviewed, how to assemble a request for designation (RFD) and how to work with FDA when submitting applications for combination products. To do this it will reference the extensive information provided by FDA’s Office of Combination Products.

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Elisa Harvey

Using the Pre-Submission Process to Your Best Advantage

This webinar will provide a detailed discussion of understanding the scope of the pre-submission process, what information to provide in a pre-submission, how to prepare for a pre-submission interaction with FDA and how to follow up with FDA following a pre-submission interaction. To do this it will primarily reference the guidance document on pre-submissions recently finalized and issued by FDA earlier this year.

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Elisa Harvey

Biocompatibility Testing of Medical Devices in the US and Use of ISO-10993

Biocompatibility testing is an essential and critical component of any US marketing application for a medical device that has direct or indirect contact with humans. This webinar will cover the FDA's existing and recently updated draft guidance on the use of ISO-10993 to determine what testing is necessary, and describe in detail general and specific testing considerations, based on the nature and duration of contact of the medical device with humans.

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Elisa Harvey

Using the Pre-Submission Process to Your Best Advantage

This webinar will provide a detailed discussion of understanding the scope of the pre-submission process, what information to provide in a pre-submission, how to prepare for a pre-submission interaction with FDA and how to follow up with FDA following a pre-submission interaction. To do this it will primarily reference the guidance document on pre-submissions recently finalized and issued by FDA earlier this year.

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Elisa Harvey

Orphan Devices: Humanitarian Device Exemptions and Humanitarian Use Designations

An Humanitarian Use Device (HUD) is a device that is intended to benefit patients by treating or diagnosing a disease or condition that affects or is manifested in fewer than 4,000 individuals in the United States per year. A device manufacturer`s research and development costs could exceed its market returns for diseases or conditions affecting small patient populations. The HUD provision of the regulation provides an incentive for the development of devices for use in the treatment or diagnosis of diseases affecting these populations.

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