Medical Device Legal News with Sam Bernstein: Episode 11
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
Last week, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued two significant draft guidance documents concerning the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in medical devices and in drug and biological product development....more
On January 7, 2024, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) published the draft guidance “Artificial Intelligence-Enabled Device Software Functions: Lifecycle Management and Marketing Submission Recommendations,” which...more
On January 7, 2025, FDA published a draft guidance titled “Artificial Intelligence-Enabled Device Software Functions: Lifecycle Management and Marketing Submission Recommendations.” The draft guidance was long-anticipated; it...more
The FDA recently released “Software as a Medical Device (SAMD): Clinical Evaluation,” a final guidance document that aims to establish a common understanding of clinical evaluation and principles for demonstrating the safety,...more
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued two guidance documents last week clarifying its approach to certain health-related software in response to the addition of Section 520(o) to the Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act, which...more
FDA’s proposed adoption of an IMDRF document raises questions. On October 14, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA or the Agency) releaseda new draft guidance document, Software as a Medical Device (SaMD): Clinical...more
On January 16, 2015, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a draft guidance document titled “General Wellness: Policy for Low Risk Devices.” The draft guidance carves out a category of products, deemed “general...more