Medical Device Legal News with Sam Bernstein: Episode 11
Among the wave of guidance documents issued by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (“FDA” or the “Agency”) in the first week of 2025 were three notable draft guidance documents pertaining to medical devices (together, the...more
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently issued its draft guidance, Considerations for the Use of Artificial Intelligence to Support Regulatory Decision-Making for Drug and Biological Products, on January 6, 2025. ...more
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has recently issued two draft guidance documents aimed at providing recommendations for the use of AI in medical devices and drug and biological product development.These guidance...more
This post is part of MoFo’s 2025 Intersection of AI and Life Sciences blog series. In this blog series, we explore how artificial intelligence is revolutionizing research, innovation, and patient care in the life sciences....more
The FDA has shared its first draft guidance on how sponsors should assess the credibility of artificial intelligence (AI) models to support FDA decisions regarding drug safety, effectiveness or quality. The agency noted an...more
FDA recently issued two draft guidance documents discussing: (1) the use of artificial intelligence (AI) to produce information to support a regulatory decision about a drug or biological product’s safety, effectiveness, or...more
On January 7, 2024, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) published the draft guidance “Artificial Intelligence-Enabled Device Software Functions: Lifecycle Management and Marketing Submission Recommendations,” which...more
On January 7, 2025, FDA published a draft guidance titled “Artificial Intelligence-Enabled Device Software Functions: Lifecycle Management and Marketing Submission Recommendations.” The draft guidance was long-anticipated; it...more
On August 30, 2023, Health Canada opened consultation on its draft pre-market guidance for machine learning-enabled medical devices (MLMD), i.e., medical devices that use machine learning, in whole or in part, to achieve...more
On March 30, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) published draft guidance that proposes recommendations on the types of information that should be included in a Predetermined Change Control Plan (PCCP) in a marketing...more
On April 3, 2023, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) published its draft guidance, Marketing Submission Recommendations for a Predetermined Change Control Plan for Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning...more
Multiple policy documents relating to software and digital health have been issued by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The documents offer: a framework for the use of digital health tools in the context of drug...more
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) has announced its first-ever draft guidance specifically addressing the use of artificial intelligence/machine learning (“AI/ML”) in medical devices (“Draft Guidance”).This...more
Key Points - FDA will publish draft guidance on its Predetermined Change Control Plan in 2021 and host a public workshop on transparency requirements around AI/ML-based devices. - FDA plans to pilot Real-World Performance...more