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AI in healthcare: Legal and ethical considerations in this new frontier

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Can human beings cure all diseases in our lifetime? For centuries, humanity has strived to cure diseases. With the advent of Artificial Intelligence (AI), the dream of a disease-free world seems more attainable than ever...more

MoFo Life Sciences

Key Developments in MedTech M&A: Momentum Despite Macroeconomic Uncertainty

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2024 was a challenging year for M&A activity in the medical technology (“MedTech”) industry. Although some sectors experienced a rebound in deal volume, MedTech dealmakers were disproportionately affected by a difficult...more

Fenwick & West LLP

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

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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

J.S. Held

Beyond Safety & Effectiveness: Business Reasons to Prioritize Human Factors in Medical Device Design

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To err is human. We have short attention spans and get distracted easily. We have unreliable memories and forget. We have a limited ability to process information, and we overgeneralize rules-of-thumb to the wrong situations....more

McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP

AI News Roundup – Reinforcement learning pioneers win Turing Award, McDonald’s brings AI to the fast-food restaurant, “cheating”...

To help you stay on top of the latest news, our AI practice group has compiled a roundup of the developments we are following....more

Knobbe Martens

Global Market Size and Technological Advancements for Implantable Medical Devices Continue to Grow

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A recent report by Precedence Research estimates the global market size for implantable medical devices will grow from USD 97.62 Billion in 2024 to USD 178.15 Billion by 2034: The rapid increase in the global market size of...more

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC

Decoded - Technology Law Insights, V 6, Issue 2, February 2025

Welcome to our second issue of 2025 of Decoded - our technology law insights e-newsletter. For those of you with an interest in the Corporate Transparency Act, Brienne Marco and Joe Unger report that the recent injunction...more

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Key regulatory changes impacting the healthcare industry in the EU and Germany in 2025

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The regulatory frameworks in the life sciences and healthcare sector keep evolving rapidly and dynamically. Several important legislative reforms have been adopted over the last years, which are set to impact players in the...more

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MintzTech Connect Industry News: Spotlight on Surgimatix, Inc

Surgimatix, our client spotlight this month, developed what can only be called a novel solution. Surgimatix is an early-stage medical device company pioneering the first proprietary laparoscopic device that delivers...more

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC

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

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC

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 & Emery

Key Features of the New EU Product Liability Directive: Increased Potential for Litigation in the Technology, Pharmaceutical and...

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On October 10, 2024, the Council of the European Union adopted the new EU Directive on Liability for Defective Products (New PLD), repealing Directive 85/374/EEC (PLD), adopted in 1985....more

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ArentFox Schiff Issues the First Global Definitive Legal Guide for Industries Navigating AI

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Artificial intelligence promises to transform the way we live and work and its impact will undoubtedly stretch to every business sector across the globe. This next generation of technology brings exciting possibilities and...more

McDermott Will & Emery

Top Takeaways | 2023 Digital Health Forum | Innovative Partnerships in Action: Fireside Chat with Best Buy and Atrium Health, a...

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In this lively and practical conversation, panelists elaborated on the recently announced partnership between Atrium Health, a part of Advocate Health (Atrium), and Best Buy Health. The partnership is designed to leverage...more

Foley & Lardner LLP

Software as a Medical Device: Challenges Facing the Industry

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Editor’s Note: We are excited to announce that this article is the first of a series addressing Software as a Medical Device and the issues that plague digital health companies, investors, clinicians and other organizations...more

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Collusion & Competition: What Antitrust Means for AI in Health Care

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Health care companies are increasingly using artificial intelligence (AI) to create innovations, set prices, and compete with rivals. At the same time, federal and state antitrust enforcers are finding new ways to apply...more

Foley Hoag LLP

Public Health Agencies Release “Guiding Principles” for Good Machine Learning Practice

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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Health Canada, and the United Kingdom’s Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) jointly issued a guidance document entitled, “Good Machine Learning Practice for...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

Troutman Pepper

Some Useful Insights from Steris-Synergy Merger Case

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The Federal Trade Commission suffered a rare loss when, on Sept. 24, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio denied its request for a preliminary injunction, despite having accepted the FTC’s “actual...more

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