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New EU Responsibility and Liability Landscape for Smart Medical Devices in a Global Context

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Artificial intelligence (AI) is already indispensable in the healthcare and life sciences sector. Intelligent medical devices promise nothing less than a revolution in the art of healing. With its legislative projects on AI...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

No Appeal of LDT Decision Means Ball Is Back in FDA’s Court for Policy Clarification

Over the weekend, the Department of Justice (DOJ) did not file an appeal of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas’ decision to vacate and set aside the agency’s final rule on the regulation of laboratory...more

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FDA Issues Two Guidances For the Device Q-Sub Process

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CDRH and CBER Release Final Guidance for the Q-Submission Program and Draft Guidance for PreSTAR - On May 29, 2025, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) Center for Devices and Radiological Health (CDRH) and Center...more

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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

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AI Summit panelists forecast FDA regulatory climate in second Trump administration

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Evolving regulatory paradigms governing AI use in health care at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) have set the pace for AI regulatory frameworks worldwide. Jodi Scott, partner in the Hogan Lovells medical device &...more

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FDA Unleashes AI to Review Product Applications

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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has been ahead of the curve for a number of years on emerging issues and opportunities for the agency and regulated industry arising from the advent and evolution of artificial...more

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AI’s Expanded Role in the Life Sciences Regulatory Review Process: Key Developments in U.S. and EU

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Overview - - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced that it aims to increase the agency’s use of artificial intelligence (AI) across its centers to accelerate scientific reviews by June 30, 2025. - The...more

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FDA Announces Completion of AI-Assisted Scientific Review Pilot and Deployment of Agency-Wide AI-Assisted Review

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On May 8, 2025, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced the completion of its generative artificial intelligence (AI) pilot program for scientific reviewers. FDA Commissioner Marty Makary was quoted in the...more

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FDA advances AI-powered review of medical product applications

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If the initiative proceeds as planned, it will mark a pivotal shift in the regulatory landscape, introducing both efficiencies and novel questions related to the reliability and validity of the AI reviews, as well as...more

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AI Health Law & Policy: FDA’s rapidly evolving regulatory paradigms

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Artificial intelligence has become one of the most transformative forces in health care, reshaping everything from drug discovery to diagnostics. For pharmaceutical and medical device companies, AI-driven solutions present...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

FDA at the Start of the Trump Administration: A Cheat Sheet

There has been a flurry of activity at the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) since the start of the Trump administration. Day-to-day operations at FDA are already significantly altered, and we expect the trickle-down effects...more

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A new approach to regulation by the MHRA and NICE

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On March 17, 2025, the government published a policy paper with an Action Plan for regulation and regulators, outlining how it intends to reform the UK's regulatory system to support growth and innovation. The Action Plan...more

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Santé Canada propose un règlement visant à atténuer les pénuries de drogues et d’instruments médicaux

Santé Canada a récemment publié un projet de règlement visant à pallier les pénuries de produits thérapeutiques au Canada. Le Règlement modifiant certains règlements pris en vertu de la Loi sur les aliments et drogues...more

Morgan Lewis - As Prescribed

FDA’s Rare Disease Innovation Hub Releases Strategic Agenda: Implications for Stakeholders in 2025

In honor of Rare Disease Day on February 28, 2025, we will publish a series of posts throughout the month on As Prescribed and Health Law Scan, focusing on issues impacting the rare disease community....more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

2025 Top-of-Mind Issues for Life Sciences Companies

DTC Telehealth Platforms - Arrangements involving telemedicine and direct-to-consumer (“DTC”) business services are expected to be a source of major regulatory scrutiny. In 2024, such arrangements were the focus of proposed...more

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FDA Finalizes Guidance on Communication of Unapproved Uses of Approved or Cleared Medical Products

On January 6, 2025, the FDA released final guidance for industry entitled “Communications From Firms to Health Care Providers Regarding Scientific Information on Unapproved Uses of Approved/Cleared Medical Products: Questions...more

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FDA Releases Draft Guidance on Evaluating the Risk and Credibility of AI Used in Establishing Drug and Device Safety,...

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This post is part of MoFo’s 2025 Intersection of AI and Life Sciences blog series. In this blog series, we explore how artificial intelligence is revolutionizing research, innovation, and patient care in the life sciences....more

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How to (Finally) Get Your SIUU Out: FDA Issues Final Guidance on Communicating Off-Label Scientific Information

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On January 7, 2025, FDA announced the availability of a final guidance document titled “Communications From Firms to Health Care Providers Regarding Scientific Information on Unapproved Uses of Approved/Cleared Medical...more

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Decoded - Technology Law Insights, V 5, Issue 10, December 2024

Happy Holidays and welcome to our year-end issue of Decoded. We hope you enjoyed reading our technology law insights e-newsletter this year. We are already planning for 2025. ...more

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Decoded - Technology Law Insights, V 5, Issue 8, October 2024

Welcome to our eighth 2024 issue of Decoded - our technology law insights e-newsletter. Thank you for reading. EU AI Act Tightens Grip on High-Risk AI Systems: Five Critical Questions for U.S. Companies - Why this is...more

McDermott Will & Schulte

2024 Health Report - Government Actions Affecting Food, Drug and Medical Device Industries

The food, drug and medical device industries comprise some of the most closely regulated sectors in the United States. The US Food & Drug Administration (FDA) actively exercises authority by constantly changing legislation...more

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In Search of Harmonization: FDA Finalizes Device CGMP Regulation Harmonization with ISO 13485:2016

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On February 2, 2024, FDA finalized its nearly two-year-long process to harmonize QS regulations with ISO standards. As we mentioned when FDA proposed the harmonization in 2022, this update represents the first update to the...more

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The Nucleus: Life Sciences Enforcement and Regulatory Updates

In this issue of our newsletter on developments impacting the life sciences industry, we examine topics including how the increased DOJ and FDA focus on cybersecurity issues could lead to new theories of False Claims Act...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

FDA Issues Long-Awaited Proposed Rule To Regulate Laboratory-Developed Tests

On September 29, 2023, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a proposed rule that would end its long-standing policy of enforcement discretion with respect to regulation of laboratory-developed tests (LDTs) (the...more

McDermott Will & Schulte

Special Report - 2022 FDA Year in Review

As the United States’ primary public health and consumer protection agency, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regulates at least one quarter of the nation’s economy and exerts significant influence over global...more

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