Medical devices

Medical devices

Any instrument, appliance or machine that facilitates the prevention,diagnosis and treatment of illness, physical or mental injury, by a medical professional.

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Food and Drug Administration

Pharmaceutical; Clinical trials

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services agency responsible for ensuring the safety and effectiveness of all drugs, biologics, vaccines, and medical devices, including ...

pharmacokinetics

Pharmaceutical; Clinical trials

The processes (in a living organism) of absorption, distribution, metabolism, and excretion of a drug or vaccine.

placebo

Pharmaceutical; Clinical trials

any dummy medical treatment; originally, a medicinal preparation having no specific pharmacological activity against the patient's illness or complaint given solely for the ...

hypothesis

Pharmaceutical; Clinical trials

a supposition that appears to explain a group of phenomena and is advanced as a basis for further investigation; a proposition that is subject to proof or to an experimental or ...

preclinical

Pharmaceutical; Clinical trials

before a disease becomes clinically recognizable.

adverse event

Medical devices; Clinical trials

An unfavorable change in the health of a participant, including abnormal laboratory findings, that happens during a clinical study or within a certain time period after the study ...