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NY Tech Week 2025: The Future of Femtech

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Femtech stands at an exciting inflection point. What was initially perceived as a niche category focused on period-tracking apps has evolved into a comprehensive ecosystem addressing women's health needs with individualized...more

BakerHostetler

[Podcast] AD Nauseam: Left to Our Own Devices

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In this episode, hosts Amy Mudge and Daniel Kaufman discuss various health-related cases involving medical devices and FTC rulings. They delve into notable cases such as the QRay bracelet, which claimed pain relief through...more

MoFo Life Sciences

Digitalization Of German Healthcare System To Receive Legislative Boost In 2024

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It is no secret that the healthcare system in Germany is not sufficiently digitized. The German Federal Ministry of Health has therefore developed a strategy to digitize and simplify healthcare for the German population. At...more

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Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider - July 2018 #2

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We have previously reported on the ongoing cybersecurity issues with St. Jude defibrillators [view related posts here, here, and here]. On June 29, 2018, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) classified the required firmware...more

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More Digital Health Device Makers Expected to Seek FDA Clearance

Investors are increasingly interested in companies with technologies that will be subject to U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regulation. Until recently, some investors shied away from companies targeting the...more

Troutman Pepper Locke

Software as a Medical Device: FDA Releases Draft Guidance

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Companies that develop software that functions as a medical device should be aware that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued draft guidance that, once finalized, will classify the endless variety of Software as a...more

Robins Kaplan LLP

The Tech Industry’s Next Frontier?

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Tongue-in-cheek references to Pokémon Go as a health App aside, maybe the tech industry is on to something. In the U.S., seven out of every ten deaths are due to chronic diseases, such as diabetes or heart disease. Perhaps...more

Knobbe Martens

PilotFish Announces MedDevice Connection App

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Applied PilotFish Healthcare Integration, Inc. (APHII) recently announced a new application called HealthConnect. APHII is the healthcare division of PilotFish Technology, a provider of middleware solutions for the...more

K&L Gates LLP

FDA's Evolving Policy Toward Health IT, Medical Apps, and Low Risk Devices

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Between January 20 and February 9, 2015, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) issued four guidances related to its policies toward low risk devices. These guidances were largely developed as an outgrowth from FDA’s...more

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FDA Issues Guidance for Mobile Medical Applications: What Will be Subject to FDA Oversight and Enforcement?

On February 09, 2015, the FDA issued final guidelines[1] to outline its regulatory enforcement approach to mobile medical applications (or “apps”). The FDA is taking a risk-based approach, focusing its oversight on apps that...more

Kelley Drye & Warren LLP

FDA Extends Risk-Based Medical App Approach to Medical Device Data Systems in New Guidance

The recent release of two guidance documents addressing current FDA enforcement policies for medical devices that are Medical Device Data Systems (MDDS) and mobile applications (mobile apps), provide further evidence that...more

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FDA Releases Final Guidance on the Regulation of Mobile Medical Applications

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On September 23, 2013, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) published the final guidance on its regulation of “mobile medical applications (or apps).” The guidance finalizes FDA’s 2011 draft guidance, adding numerous...more

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The FDA Releases Long-Awaited Final Guidance on Mobile Medical Applications

On September 23, 2013, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (the “FDA” or the “Agency”) issued long-awaited final guidance for developers of mobile medical or health applications (or “mobile medical apps”) used on...more

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House Subcommittee Hears Testimony on Developing Mobile Medical Applications

Nearly one in three cell phone owners have used their phone to look for health information. Approximately 19% of smartphone owners have downloaded a mobile medical application (Medical App). These and many more statistics...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

FDA Letter to Mobile App Developer Signals Regulatory Scheme

Last week, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) sent an enforcement letter to a mobile medical app developer for failing to obtain a 510(k) clearance before marketing the app, which the FDA said appears to be a...more

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Hot Companies in Digital Health

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With venture capital funding of digital health up 45 percent in 2012, according to Rock Health, we’re hearing a lot about mobile health apps and healthcare IT. You may be asking yourself what is digital health? Michael...more

Fenwick & West Life Sciences Group

The Regulatory Future of mHealth: FCC, FDA and the United States Congress

As a general matter FDA regulates all medical devices and FCC regulates devices that utilize electromagnetic spectrum - i.e. broadcast devices. So with regard to mobile health devices - sensors, applications, systems - FDA...more

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