Medical Device Legal News with Sam Bernstein: Episode 11
The Food and Drug Administration recently issued a Warning Letter concerning unauthorized modifications made to a previously cleared medical device (i.e., 510(k)). ...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The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently issued its draft guidance, Considerations for the Use of Artificial Intelligence to Support Regulatory Decision-Making for Drug and Biological Products, on January 6, 2025.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The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has recently issued two draft guidance documents aimed at providing recommendations for the use of AI in medical devices and drug and biological product development.These guidance...more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
In its most recent effort to keep pace with advancing technology, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently issued two draft guidances on the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in the context of drugs, biologics,...more
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently issued its draft guidance, Artificial Intelligence-Enabled Device Software Functions: Lifecycle Management and Marketing Submission Recommendations on January 7, 2025....more
Last week, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued two significant draft guidance documents concerning the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in medical devices and in drug and biological product development....more
FDA recently issued two draft guidance documents discussing: (1) the use of artificial intelligence (AI) to produce information to support a regulatory decision about a drug or biological product’s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
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has recently released two draft guidance documents (Artificial Intelligence-Enabled Device Software Functions: Lifecycle Management and Marketing Submission Recommendations and...more
On January 7, 2024, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) published the draft guidance “Artificial Intelligence-Enabled Device Software Functions: Lifecycle Management and Marketing Submission Recommendations,” which...more
In 2024, the FDA issued two significant guidance documents on Predetermined Change Control Plans (PCCPs), formalizing a regulatory framework that allows medical device manufacturers to implement certain pre-approved...more
On January 7, 2025, FDA published “Artificial Intelligence-Enabled Device Software Functions: Lifecycle Management and Marketing Submission Recommendations; Draft Guidance for Industry and Food and Drug Administration Staff”...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 June 28, 2024, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced in the Federal Register the issuance of a draft guidance entitled “Diversity Action Plans to Improve Enrollment of Participants from Underrepresented...more
On October 23, 2023, FDA published a draft guidance document to provide detailed recommendations to industry regarding the communication of unapproved uses of approved or cleared drugs and medical devices to health care...more
As the life sciences, medtech, and diagnostic industries continue to expand and grow increasingly complex, so does the legal, regulatory, and compliance landscape. To help companies and investors navigate the many evolving...more
In this episode, Michael Hinckle and Rebecca Schaefer provide an overview of FDA’s recently issued draft guidance on decentralized clinical trials. They review the goals of the guidance to promote diversity in clinical...more
In the medical device industry, there exists a longstanding divide between device manufacturers (i.e., those who design, manufacture, fabricate, or process a finished device) and the third-party entities that service the...more
Bob Dylan sang, “Tell Me, I’ve Got to Know.” In January 2022, the Food and Drug Administration said the same to the medical device industry when it issued a draft guidance, “Notifying the FDA of a Permanent Discontinuance or...more
On June 24, 2021, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued the long-awaited Remanufacturing of Medical Devices Draft Guidance (Draft Remanufacturing Guidance), which describes the agency’s current thinking on activities...more
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) today released significant changes to its recommendations for the use of laparoscopic power morcellators in gynecologic procedures, including an update to safety communications...more
In this month's edition of our Privacy & Cybersecurity Update, we examine the California attorney general's draft regulations on the California Consumer Privacy Act, the CJEU's clarified rulings on the use of cookies, the...more
On September 26, 2019, FDA released a suite of revised digital health guidances, which includes the following: - Changes to Existing Medical Software Policies Resulting from Section 3060 of the 21st Century Cures Act...more
• The FDA recently issued six guidance documents that further clarify the agency’s interpretation of the 21st Century Cures Act’s software exemptions. • The revised draft guidance on CDS further elaborates on how to make CDS...more