Expanded Information Block Rules Go into Effect
Podcast: Interoperability: The Provider Perspective - Diagnosing Health Care
Podcast–Interoperability: How Far We’ve Come and Where We’re Going - Diagnosing Health Care
The New Information Blocking Rule: What It Means For Hospices
Podcast: Non-binding Guidance: Real-World Evidence in Drug Development and FDA Submissions
In FDA regulatory matters, companies must carefully choose when to challenge the government, and when to comply. In a recent case, Whoop, the Boston-based wearable maker, has chosen to openly challenge the U.S. Food and Drug...more
Introduction - Hardly a day goes by when we don’t see some media report of health care providers experimenting with machine learning, and more recently with generative AI, in the context of patient care. The allure is...more
We expect many of the trends of 2021 in health data privacy to continue to pick up steam this year. See below for six noteworthy trends that life sciences and healthcare companies should continue to keep an eye on in 2022: ...more
The global pandemic has accelerated the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) encouragement of real-world data (RWD) and real-world evidence (RWE) (the clinical evidence derived from analysis of RWD), particularly as the FDA...more
You’d be forgiven in the current climate of coronavirus and election season, to name just a couple hot issues of the day, for missing two recent announcements from the FDA about its digital health program. On September 14,...more
Type I Diabetes is the most common type of diabetes in children, impacting about 1 in 400 children in the US according to the American Diabetes Association. Children diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes require lifelong daily...more
On July 28, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued the final guidance “Multiple Function Device Products: Policy and Considerations,” which describes FDA's regulatory approach and policy for products with multiple...more
On Monday, April 27, Representatives Diana DeGette (D-CO) and Fred Upton (R-MI) announced the next steps for 21st Century Cures 2.0 (Cures 2.0), legislation that will build on the original 21st Century Cures Act enacted in...more
NOTE FROM THE EDITORS - Welcome to the first issue of "Vital Signs"—a refreshed and reframed revival of Jones Day's Digital Health Law Update, given our long-standing commitment, experience, and leadership in digital...more
The US Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA’s) 2019 regulatory agenda focused on digital health, streamlined product approvals, evolving evidentiary thresholds for product approvals and strategic enforcement. The agency...more
This post is the first in a series of three in which we recap the Food and Drug Administration’s somewhat difficult year, having spent the majority of it without a permanent Commissioner and facing a slew of political and...more
Digital health offers huge potential for improving care and alleviating the increasing burden on our over-stretched healthcare systems. However, its uptake remains slow and varies significantly across the EU....more
In its new draft guidance document on clinical decision support (CDS) software, the US Food and Drug Administration revamps its proposed interpretation of the 21st Century Cures Act and proposes new policies of enforcement...more
On 27 September 2019 the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA or the agency) released a series of guidance documents addressing the agency's current views on software regulation following the changes implemented in the 21st...more
Out of a sample of 29 non-representative drug manufacturers surveyed earlier this year, 23 had publicly posted policies related to accessing their investigational drugs outside of the context of formal clinical trials,...more
On 6 September 2019 the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA or the agency) issued its final guidance document entitled "Humanitarian Device Exemption (HDE) Program." ...more
In 2016, Congress passed the 21st Century Cures Act (Cures Act), which contained provisions to help accelerate medical product innovation while reducing regulatory burden, as well as to increase efforts for critical research...more
On December 6, 2018, Commissioner Scott Gottlieb announced the FDA’s highly anticipated new strategic framework for assessing the potential use of real-world evidence (RWE) in connection with the agency’s drug and biologic...more
With the “patient experience” becoming an increasingly important element in directing not only where industry spends its limited drug development resources but how clinical trials are designed, the U.S. Food and Drug...more
On May 15, 2018, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) proposed amending its product classification rules for combination products, found in 21 CFR Part 3. Generally, the proposed rule purports to clarify language in the...more
The US Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA’s) 2017 regulatory agenda was marked by inactivity in the months following the presidential inauguration. Since FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb’s Senate confirmation in May 2017, the...more
Introduction - Throughout 2017, the health care and life science industries experienced a widespread proliferation of digital health innovation that presents challenges to traditional notions of health care delivery and...more
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued two guidance documents last week clarifying its approach to certain health-related software in response to the addition of Section 520(o) to the Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act, which...more
On August 31, 2017, the Food and Drug Aministration issued a final guidance titled “Use of Real-World Evidence to Support Regulatory Decision-Making for Medical Devices.” In the guidance, which finalizes the agency’s July...more
In a major public move that has been long-awaited by proponents of evidence-based stem cell science, FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb issued a lengthy statement on August 28, 2017 “on the FDA’s new policy steps and enforcement...more