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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

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FDA Attempts to Clarify Enforcement Position Regarding Evolving Health Technology

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Recently, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued a flurry of guidance and draft guidance in an effort to better define the types of products that the FDA will choose to actively regulate. In one of these...more

King & Spalding

FDA Issues Draft Guidance on Medical Device Accessories

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On January 20, 2015, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a draft guidance document titled Medical Device Accessories: Defining Accessories and Classification Pathway for New Accessory Types (January 20, 2015)...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

FDA Policy On Wellness Products Is Healthy For Industry

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On Jan. 16, 2015, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration promulgated a much-anticipated draft guidance concerning the classification and regulation of general wellness products. The draft guidance is the FDA’s latest attempt...more

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Medical Device Update: FDA Releases General Wellness Products and Device Accessories Guidance Documents

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Background - On January 20, 2015, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA or the Agency) announced the availability of two draft guidance documents in the Federal Register: “General Wellness: Policy for Low Risk...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

Regulating a Healthy Lifestyle? FDA Distributes New Draft Guidance on “General Wellness Products”

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On January 16, 2015, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) promulgated a much - anticipated draft guidance concerning the classification and regulation of general wellness products. The draft guidance is the FDA’s latest...more

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FDA Issues Guidance for Low-Risk General Wellness Products

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On January 20, 2015, the FDA issued draft guidelines designed to give developers whose products and applications promote healthy lifestyles (so-called “general wellness products”) direction on when such products qualify as...more

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FDA Proposes Additional Flexibility for Mobile Health Products

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Draft Guidances Address General Wellness Products and Device Accessories - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA or “the Agency”) has announced two more key parameters of its regulatory approach to mobile health...more

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