On January 7, 2025, FDA published a draft guidance titled “Artificial Intelligence-Enabled Device Software Functions: Lifecycle Management and Marketing Submission Recommendations.” The draft guidance was long-anticipated; it...more
1/13/2025
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On December 4, 2024, FDA finalized its guidance entitled “Marketing Submission Recommendations for a Predetermined Change Control Plan for Artificial Intelligence-Enabled Device Software Functions” (the “2024 Final...more
On August 22, 2024, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA or Agency) issued a draft guidance entitled, Predetermined Change Control Plans for Medical Devices. The draft guidance describes how FDA plans to implement new...more
8/26/2024
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On September 27, 2023, FDA finalized its guidance entitled “Cybersecurity in Medical Devices: Quality System Considerations and Content of Premarket Submissions” (the “2023 Final Guidance”). The Final Guidance replaces...more
10/11/2023
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Medical Devices ,
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On June 14, 2023, FDA finalized its “Content of Premarket Submissions for Device Software Functions: Guidance for Industry and Food and Drug Administration Staff” (the “2023 Final Guidance”). The Final Guidance replaces the...more
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
The International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) and the International Organization for Standards (ISO) recently published a cybersecurity standard that has received limited press but may have a significant impact on...more
On November 4, 2021, FDA released a draft guidance for public comment entitled “Content of Premarket Submissions for Device Software Functions” (the “2021 Draft Guidance”). In its final form, this guidance will replace the...more
On April 2, 2019, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (“FDA” or “Agency”) proposed a new regulatory framework to address the development and marketing of artificial intelligence and machine learning-based software as a...more
4/10/2019
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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
1/23/2019
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