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FDA Provides Perspective on Goals and Challenges for Regulation of Artificial Intelligence in Medical Devices, Drug Design, and...

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A recent article authored by Haider J. Warraich, MD; Troy Tazbaz; and Robert M. Califf, MD in the Journal of the American Medical Association, reviews the history of artificial intelligence (AI) regulation by the U.S. Food...more

Epstein Becker & Green

FDA Oversight of AI Software Developed by Health Care Providers

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Introduction - Hardly a day goes by when we don’t see some media report of health care providers experimenting with machine learning, and more recently with generative AI, in the context of patient care. The allure is...more

King & Spalding

FDA’s Final Clinical Decision Support Guidance: The Good News and the (Really) Bad News

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On September 28, 2022, the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (“FDA” or the “Agency”) published the long-awaited final guidance, “Clinical Decision Support Software” (the “Final CDS Guidance”). The Final CDS Guidance supersedes...more

Mintz - Health Care Viewpoints

Regulatory Roundup: Important FDA Developments at the End of September 2022

There were so many interesting and significant developments related to the various missions of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) during the last week or so of September 2022 that we decided to create a summary...more

Lippes Mathias LLP

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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Devil Is Always in the Details: FDA Updates Device Classification Regulations To Remove Certain Software Functions

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On April 19, 2021, FDA issued a final rule that amends its device classification regulations to exclude from regulation as a medical device certain types of software functions for certain products. This final rule takes...more

MoFo Life Sciences

FDA Clinical Decision Support Software Vs. EU’s Medical Device Regulation

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In follow-up to our colleagues recent post about the newly implemented Medical Device Regulation (“MDR”) in the European Union, this post will discuss some of the similarities between FDA’s Clinical Decision Support (“CDS”)...more

McDermott Will & Emery

Stark and AKS Final Rules Will Facilitate Donations of EHR and Cybersecurity Technology and Services

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On November 20, 2020, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and Office of Inspector General released final rules amending the regulations to the Stark Law and the Anti-Kickback Statute and Beneficiary Inducement...more

Mintz - Health Care Viewpoints

FDA Provides Update on Pre-Cert Program and Launches Digital Health Center of Excellence

You’d be forgiven in the current climate of coronavirus and election season, to name just a couple hot issues of the day, for missing two recent announcements from the FDA about its digital health program. On September 14,...more

Baker Donelson

Regulatory Sprint: HHS Proposes Expansion of Protections for EHR and Cybersecurity Donations

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In furtherance of its goals of expanding the adoption of electronic health records (EHR) and improving security through the use of cybersecurity technology, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has proposed...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

Hogan Lovells

Guidances galore: FDA finalizes multiple digital health guidance documents

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On 27 September 2019 the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA or the agency) released a series of guidance documents addressing the agency's current views on software regulation following the changes implemented in the 21st...more

Epstein Becker & Green

FDA Guidance on Decision Support Software: Implications for Industry

On December 8, 2017, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) issued draft guidance titled “Clinical and Patient Decision Support Software” (“CDS Guidance”). According to FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb, M.D., the CDS...more

Hogan Lovells

Clarifying Digital Health and Software Regulation: FDA Releases Three New Guidance Documents

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On December 7, 2017, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA or the Agency) released three guidance documents that together aim to clarify the framework for the regulation of software and digital health products to bring FDA...more

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FDA Issues Guidance on Digital Health

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The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued two guidance documents last week clarifying its approach to certain health-related software in response to the addition of Section 520(o) to the Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act, which...more

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FDA Publishes Draft Guidance on CDS Software and Revises Medical Software Policies

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On December 7, 2017, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) published a highly anticipated draft guidance document that describes how the agency intends to exercise oversight over clinical decision support (CDS) software....more

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

Digital Health Report - Fall 2017

Digital health is the convergence between healthcare, genomics, and digital technologies. It is a fast-growing sector with important implications for individuals and institutions alike. Whether it is hospitals and health...more

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Medical Software and the 21st Century Cures Act

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The 21St Century Cures Act, Pub. L. No. 114-255, 130 Stat. 1033, was signed into law on December 13, 2016. This expansive statute addresses topics ranging from investigational drug clinical trial design, mental health...more

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