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FDA finalizes cyber device “select updates” guidance, potentially affecting substantial equivalence findings for 510(k)s

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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently finalized its March 2024 select updates to its guidance "Cybersecurity in Medical Devices: Quality System Considerations and Content of Premarket Submissions” (“Premarket...more

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FDA Finalizes Cybersecurity Premarket Guidance: What It Means for Medical Device Makers

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The FDA has finalized its guidance on cybersecurity for medical device premarket submissions, providing additional insight into the agency’s expectations for how manufacturers integrate cybersecurity risk management into...more

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AI Health Law & Policy: Complying with FDA GMP rules for AI-enabled diagnostic devices

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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently issued a Warning Letter citing a failure to obtain marketing authorization via a premarket approval (PMA) or 510(k) clearance as well as Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP)...more

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

In late September 2023, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) released a draft guidance on “Regulatory Considerations for Prescription Drug Use-Related Software.”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

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

FDA Maintains Focus on “Intended Use” for Software-Enabled Medical Devices

On June 21, 2023, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) issued a warning letter to Zyto Technologies, Inc. (“Zyto”), citing Zyto’s promotion of its Hand Cradle Galvanic Skin Response (“GSR”) device and associated...more

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FDA Issues Draft Guidance for Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning (AI/ML)-Enabled Device Software Functions

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The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA or the Agency) recently issued its draft guidance titled “Marketing Submission Recommendations for a Predetermined Change Control Plan for Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning...more

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AI & the FDA

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The use of artificial intelligence (AI) in healthcare has been growing rapidly in recent years, and AI-enabled medical devices are playing a larger role in patient care. Such devices may use machine learning algorithms to...more

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The Evolving FDA Regulatory Landscape of Artificial Intelligence

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As artificial intelligence technology evolves on a seemingly minute-by-minute basis, the U.S. FDA’s regulatory approach continues to evolve in an effort to keep pace. “The promise of artificial intelligence in medicine is...more

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Pharma Companies Can Ensure Data Integrity With User Access Management (UAM)

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Life sciences industry has regulatory compliance at the center of all its operations, so maintaining the integrity of data has always been a pressing need for this industry globally. Regulators such as the United States Food...more

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FDA’s Draft Computer Software Assurance Guidance Changes the Game for Quality System and Production Software Validation

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On September 13, 2022 the Center for Devices and Radiological Health (CDRH) and the Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research (CBER) jointly released a new draft guidance document titled “Computer Software Assurance for...more

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Medical Devices in the App Store? U.S. Regulation of Mobile Medical Applications

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Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, more people than ever have downloaded and used mobile applications, or apps, to communicate with their doctors, manage prescriptions, and streamline much of the healthcare activity...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

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

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

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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

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

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

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Medical Device Updates: U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Releases Numerous and Important Draft Guidance Documents

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The summer of 2016 saw a flood of new medical device-related guidance documents coming out of FDA’s Center for Devices and Radiological Health (CDRH). Some of these draft guidance documents, such as those addressing device...more

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When Is a Software Change Really a Change that Requires FDA Review?: When to Submit a 510(k) for a Software Change to an Existing...

On the same day the Food and Drug Administration issued its revised draft guidance document on when to submit a new 510(k) premarket notification for an existing medical device, it released a similar document specific to...more

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FDA Releases Revised Guidance on Device Modification Policy

FDA released two new draft guidances on Monday, August 8 in an attempt to help device manufacturers determine when a modification triggers the obligation to file a new 510(k) under 21 C.F.R. § 807.81(a)(3). The first draft...more

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What’s an MDDS? And Why Should I Care?

Last month the Food & Drug Administration (FDA) announced still further relaxation of its oversight over anything qualifying as a “medical device data system,” or MDDS. The announcement should come as welcome news to a great...more

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