On September 14, 2020, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) released an update on the status of its Software Precertification (Pre-Cert) Program. It is the only public update on the program in 2020. According to the...more
In response to the rapid pace of innovation in the health and life sciences arena, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is taking a proactive, risk-based approach to regulating digital health products. Software...more
Regular readers of this blog know that we’re closely following the FDA’s proposed regulatory framework for software as a medical device (SaMD), known as precertification—Pre-Cert for short. Generally, Pre-Cert involves a...more
On January 7, 2019 the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) issued three new documents related to the Agency’s Software Precertification (“Pre-Cert”) Pilot Program. These documents include (1) the Developing a Software...more
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently updated its software Precertification Program. A working program was originally rolled out in April 2018, but the program was updated in response to requested public input....more
On April 26, 2018, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration ("FDA") released an initial working model for its Software Precertification ("Pre-Cert") Pilot Program. The Pre-Cert Program is an effort by FDA to develop a new, more...more
Last week, FDA released updates to its Software Precertification (Pre-Cert) Pilot Program, including release of a working model reflecting the Agency's vision of the pilot and outlining its most critical components. The...more
According to Bloomberg, Apple, Inc. is currently developing an electrocardiogram (also known as an EKG or ECG) feature in its smartwatch products. A report from Bloomberg and other sources have stated that the unit in...more
The FDA may begin certifying the laboratories that produce lab-developed tests (“LDTs”) instead of drafting regulatory rules to cover the tests themselves....more
It looks like the FDA is moving forward—and swiftly—with the digital health plan articulated in FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb's June blog post, previously outlined in this post. Closely tracking the commissioner’s post, the...more
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) continues to flesh out its ideas for regulation of digital health. Last week, the agency published a notice in the Federal Register, announcing a pilot program to evaluate a “new...more
In recognition that the traditional regulatory approach toward moderate to high risk medical devices is not well-suited for current digital health software products, the US Food and Drug Administration published a Digital...more