Multiple policy documents relating to software and digital health have been issued by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The documents offer: a framework for the use of digital health tools in the context of drug...more
In recent days, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued multiple policy documents relating to software and digital health. Two of them relate to software-based medical devices: draft guidance for predetermined...more
FDA Also Issues Report on Software Pre-Cert Pilot, Leaving Unanswered Questions on Future of Software Regulation -
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The Final Guidance does not address the FDA’s risk-based enforcement discretion policy...more
• The FDA recently issued six guidance documents that further clarify the agency’s interpretation of the 21st Century Cures Act’s software exemptions.
• The revised draft guidance on CDS further elaborates on how to make CDS...more
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Among the flurry of policies the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) released in the waning days of the Obama administration are several documents that seek to clarify the agency’s positions on communications about medical...more
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- FDA released Draft Guidance outlining steps for medical device manufacturers to ensure cybersecurity of medical devices already on the market; comments are due by April 21, 2016.
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