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Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

Will FDA’s Warning Letter to WHOOP Put a Chill on Wearables?

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FDA’s Warning Letter to WHOOP, a manufacturer of cutting-edge, wellness wearable tech, has sent shivers through an industry enjoying exponential growth in the health and wellness space. “Wellness technology”, a result of the...more

Gardner Law

Are FDA Review Timelines Slipping? What Companies Need to Know

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As noted in our earlier alert, the FDA continues to face mounting internal pressure, ranging from staffing reductions and document backlogs to operational restructuring. While core review functions are still running, early...more

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

Drug Use-Related Software Back in the Spotlight at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration

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In late September 2023, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) released a draft guidance on “Regulatory Considerations for Prescription Drug Use-Related Software.” This guidance expands on (and was developed in response...more

Hogan Lovells

FDA issues milestone draft guidance on decentralized clinical trial design & implementation

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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has just published a highly-anticipated draft guidance on the implementation of decentralized clinical trials (DCTs) for drugs, biologics, and medical devices. In the draft...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

FDA Gets Digital, Agency Issues Digital Health Policies on PCCP, Cybersecurity and Drug Development

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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 Two of them relate to software-based medical devices: draft guidance for predetermined...more

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Coverage of FDA’s AI/ML Medical Devices Workshop - Part 3: A Summary of the Panel Discussions

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In the weeks leading up to FDA’s October 14, 2021 Transparency of AI/ML Enabled Medical Devices Workshop (Workshop), we took a brief look at the history of FDA’s regulation of medical device software and the agency’s more...more

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Looking Ahead: FDA in 2021

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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration had a busy 2020, as detailed in earlier blog posts. This blog post explores politics and a few policy activities we’ll be keeping an eye on in 2021 and how they might impact medical...more

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Another step forward in digital health: FDA issues draft guidance for drug master files (DMFs) for electronics and software...

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On Monday, the FDA published the draft guidance, “Type V DMFs for CDER-Led Combination Products Using Device Constituent Parts With Electronics or Software,” which could facilitate drug manufacturers’ ability to integrate...more

McDermott Will & Schulte

To Market, To Market: FDA’s Digital Health Precertification Program

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In response to the rapid pace of innovation in the health and life sciences arena, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is taking a proactive, risk-based approach to regulating digital health products. Software...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

FDA Strives to Adapt Regulatory Approach to Rapidly Evolving Digital Health Space

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Just two months after taking office, in July 2017, Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner Scott Gottlieb announced the agency’s Digital Health Innovation Action Plan, which recognized that “digital technology has...more

Jones Day

FDA Releases Software Precertification Working Model

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On April 26, 2018, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration ("FDA") released an initial working model for its Software Precertification ("Pre-Cert") Pilot Program. The Pre-Cert Program is an effort by FDA to develop a new, more...more

Stinson LLP

FDA Digital Health Update: Multiple Function Devices

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On April 27, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) released its promised draft guidance document, Multiple Function Device Products: Policy and Considerations, explaining how it will regulate multiple function devices that...more

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FDA 2017 Year in Review: Refining Medical Device Pathways and Introducing Pilot Programs to Promote Quality

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This is the third installment of our year-in-review series covering major developments at FDA.  While the previous two installments, pertain to FDA actions on drugs and biologics, this post will address developments related...more

Holland & Knight LLP

FDA Issues Long-Awaited Final Guidance on Interoperable Medical Devices

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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Sept. 6, 2017, published the final version of its guidance on Design Considerations and Pre-Market Submission Recommendations for Interoperable Medical Devices. This final...more

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21st Century Cures: A Closer Look

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On December 7, 2016, the US Congress enacted the 21st Century Cures Act, substantial legislation intended to accelerate “discovery, development and delivery” of medical therapies by encouraging biomedical research investment,...more

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FDA Issues Draft Guidance Easing Compliance for Medical Device Data and Image Systems

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In what has been an active couple of months of released guidance documents, the FDA issued another draft guidance on June 20, 2014 entitled, “Medical Device Data Systems, Medical Image Storage Devices, and Medical Image...more

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