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Can Food Really Be Medicine? Transforming Health Care One Bite at a Time – Diagnosing Health Care Video Podcast

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Can food really be the prescription for better health? Discover how the “Food as Medicine” movement is reshaping health care and what it means for patients, providers, and the future of wellness. On this episode, special...more

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AI wellness or regulated medical device? A lawyer's guide to navigating FDA rules—and what could change next

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As FDA medical device lawyers advising AI and digital health companies, Hogan Lovells lawyers have had a front-row seat to an increasingly common scenario: software platforms and mobile apps that launch with the best of...more

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FDA Finalizes Guidance on Communications Regarding Unapproved Uses of Medical Products

In January 2025, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) finalized its 2023 revised draft guidance Communications From Firms to Health Care Providers Regarding Scientific Information on Unapproved Uses of Approved/Cleared...more

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FDA Broadens Oversight of Lab-Developed Tests

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Lab-developed tests (LDTs) are laboratory tests where blood is drawn and placed in a test tube to help with identification, diagnosis, and treatment of diseases, conditions, and infections. Examples of LDTs are the COVID-19...more

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9th Circuit Finds That Stromal Vascular Fraction (SVF) Procedures Constitute Treatments As Drugs

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In United States v. California Stem Cell Treatment Center, Inc.[1], the FDA brought a lawsuit against doctors who create and administer a stem cell mixture called stromal vascular fraction (SVF), alleging violations of the...more

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Key Value-Based Care Developments to Watch in 2024

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The goal of value-based care (VBC) is to promote better care for individual patients and improved health outcomes for communities at reduced costs. This is an important and admirable purpose as many VBC stakeholders attempt...more

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FDA Issues Draft Guidance Related to Marketing Submissions for AI/ML-Enabled DSFs, and Final Guidance Describing the FDA's...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is continuing its effort to provide industries with updated guidance for digital health technologies. On April 3, 2023, the FDA released draft guidance titled “Marketing Submission...more

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FDA Issues Long-Awaited Final Clinical Decision Support Software Guidance

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On September 28, 2022, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued its final Clinical Decision Support Software Guidance three years after the issuance of its 2019 revised draft guidance. The final guidance refines and...more

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Evolution of FDA regulation of AI-based technology

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Hogan Lovells partners Kelliann H. Payne and John J. Smith, M.D., J.D. recently joined Richard Frank, MD, PhD, Chief Medical Officer, Siemens Healthineers, and other industry leaders in person and virtually at the Health Care...more

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Digital Health Trends to Watch in 2022

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In the digital health market, new trends reveal future opportunities for innovators and shape healthcare investors’ strategies. Trends for 2022 include regulatory developments regarding digital health, telehealth expansion,...more

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FDA Solicits Comments Prior to Regulating 3D Printing of Medical Devices at the Point of Care

Medical device companies have for many years used 3D printing to create innovative products such as custom patient-matched devices and individualized anatomical models for surgical planning. Typically, these activities have...more

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[Webinar] Shaping the Future of Artificial Intelligence (AI) Within Life Sciences - September 30th, 9:00 am - 10:15 am ET

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Amy Dow and Brad Thompson, Members of the Firm, speak on “Shaping the Future of Artificial Intelligence (AI) Within Life Sciences,” a virtual program co-hosted by Simmons & Simmons and Epstein Becker Green. On both sides of...more

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FDA Solicits Feedback to Create Consistent Process for Labeling Devices

The Food and Drug Administration Center for Devices and Radiological Health is soliciting feedback on how materials information about medical devices should be communicated to patients and healthcare providers. On May 20,...more

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FDA Warns of Risk of Failure in Stryker STAR Ankle Replacement Devices

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is warning patients and healthcare providers of a “higher than expected risk” of failure in Stryker Scandinavian Total Ankle Replacement (STAR) devices. According to the FDA, the...more

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[Webinar] 2021 +Dx Diagnostics Forum - April 6th, 12:00 pm - 3:30 pm EST

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Celebrating its sixth program, McDermott+Consulting’s +Dx Diagnostics Forum is the premier annual program for the laboratory diagnostics community. Gain insight into how the industry addresses regulatory and business...more

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FDA’S Plan For AI/ML-Based Software As Medical Devices: Progress And Concerns

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U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has acknowledged the prevalence of Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning (AI/ML)-Based Software as Medical Devices (SaMDs) and has been taking steps towards advancing its regulatory...more

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FDA Expands Focus for COVID-19 Response

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) continues to churn out policy statements, guidance documents, and emergency use authorizations (EUAs) to address the COVID-19 public health emergency. At the outset of the pandemic in...more

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[Event] Life Sciences Bootcamp For In-house Counsel - March 19th, Cambridge, MA

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The life sciences industry faces a wide range of legal, regulatory and business challenges, along with constantly evolving trends that impact leadership priorities. McDermott’s cross-functional team of life sciences...more

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Vital Signs: Digital Health Law Update | Winter 2020

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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

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After Decades of Broad Enforcement Discretion, FDA Signals New Approach to Homeopathic Drugs

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Two announcements made by FDA in late October signal a marked change to FDA’s regulatory approach to “homeopathic” drugs. On October 25, 2019, FDA withdrew the 1988 Compliance Policy Guide (“CPG”) 400.400 Conditions Under...more

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Is Your Software a Medical Device? FDA Issues Six Digital Health Guidance Documents

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The FDA recently released six guidance documents as part of the agency’s continued focus on updating the regulatory stance on software as a medical device and other digital health products. The updated guidance documents...more

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FDA Issues a Second Draft Guidance on Clinical Decision Support Software

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On September 27, 2019, FDA issued a new draft guidance on Clinical Decision Support Software, supplanting its 2017 draft guidance, Clinical and Patient Decision Support Software. ...more

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Harmonizing cybersecurity for medical devices: International collaboration moves forward

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On 1 October 2019 the International Medical Device Regulators Forum (IMDRF) Medical Device Cybersecurity Working Group released a draft document titled "Principles and Practices for Medical Device Cybersecurity" (IMDRF...more

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Telemedicine Platform Recalled Over Failure to Obtain Pre-Market Clearance or Approval from FDA

On August 8, 2019, FDA issued a notice on its medical device recall database stating that a company called Opternative, Inc. had initiated a recall for the Visibly Online Refractive Vision Test, a software application offered...more

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Reviewing Key Principles from FDA's Artificial Intelligence White Paper

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In April 2019, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a white paper, “Proposed Regulatory Framework for Modifications to Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning (AI/ML)-Based Software as a Medical Device,”...more

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