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Right Time for Innovation: Apple Watch Gets Nod From FDA for Device Development Tool

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The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently announced its qualification of the Apple Atrial Fibrillation (AFib) History Feature through the Medical Device Development Tools (MDDT) program. The MDDT program is intended...more

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FDA Concludes Software Pre-Cert Pilot Program, Noting Federal Legislative Action is Needed

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (“FDA” or the “Agency”) has issued a final report discussing the results of its Software Precertification Pilot Program (the “Pilot Program”). Importantly, the September 26, 2022 report...more

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Medical device 510(k) submissions must be electronic by October 2023, FDA says

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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has finalized its guidance “Electronic Submission Template for Medical Device 510(k) Submissions,” which will require medical device 510(k) submissions to use FDA’s electronic...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Latest Update on FDA’s Software Pre-Cert Pilot Program

On September 14, 2020, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) released an update on the status of its Software Precertification (Pre-Cert) Program. It is the only public update on the program in 2020. According to the...more

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Accelerated examination of Canadian patent applications related to COVID-19 relief

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The Canadian Intellectual Property Office (CIPO) has launched a pilot program to provide accelerated examination of Canadian patent applications concerning medical technology related to COVID-19 and for which Health Canada...more

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FDA Launches eSTAR Pilot Program to Further Simplify Medical Device 510(k) Submissions

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In what appears to be another electronic tool in the US Food and Drug Administration’s quest to move to full digital submissions for medical devices, the eSTAR program provides 510(k) applicants with a PDF template document...more

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Pilot program for 510(k) electronic submissions is requesting participants

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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced that it is soliciting participation in a voluntary pilot program for streamlining electronic submissions for 510(k) premarket notifications for medical devices other than...more

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To Market, To Market: FDA’s Digital Health Precertification Program

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In response to the rapid pace of innovation in the health and life sciences arena, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is taking a proactive, risk-based approach to regulating digital health products. Software...more

Mintz - Health Care Viewpoints

Software Update: The Latest on FDA’s Pre-Cert Pilot

Regular readers of this blog know that we’re closely following the FDA’s proposed regulatory framework for software as a medical device (SaMD), known as precertification—Pre-Cert for short. Generally, Pre-Cert involves a...more

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[Webinar] Health Care and the Internet of Things: New Regulatory Developments - July 25th, 2:00pm EDT

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Please join the Hogan Lovells Communications and FDA practices on Thursday, July 25th for our webinar, Health Care and the Internet of Things: New Regulatory Developments. We will explore new policy initiatives and...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Red Notice Newsletter - Spanish

ANTICORRUPTION DEVELOPMENTS - DOJ Files Superseding Indictment in Haitian Port Corruption Plot - On October 30, 2018, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) filed a superseding indictment in the District of Massachusetts...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Red Notice Newsletter - Russian

ANTICORRUPTION DEVELOPMENTS - DOJ Files Superseding Indictment in Haitian Port Corruption Plot - On October 30, 2018, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) filed a superseding indictment in the District of Massachusetts...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Red Notice Newsletter - Chinese

ANTICORRUPTION DEVELOPMENTS - DOJ Files Superseding Indictment in Haitian Port Corruption Plot - On October 30, 2018, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) filed a superseding indictment in the District of Massachusetts...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Red Notice Newsletter - October 2018

ANTICORRUPTION DEVELOPMENTS - DOJ Files Superseding Indictment in Haitian Port Corruption Plot - On October 30, 2018, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) filed a superseding indictment in the District of Massachusetts...more

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Issues in Chinese Foreign Direct Investment in U.S. Early Stage Biotechnology Companies

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There has been a marked increase in the amount of money being invested by Chinese investors into U.S. early stage biotechnology companies since 2017, spurred on by direct encouragement from Beijing through its Made in China...more

Arnall Golden Gregory LLP

FDA Launches Pilot to Expand the Special 510(k) Program

On October 1, 2018, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced a pilot expansion of the Special 510(k) Program. The Special 510(k) Program was developed to help streamline the 510(k) premarket notification process for...more

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FDA Launches 'Quik' 510(k) Review Pilot Program

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The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently unveiled the Quality in 510(k) (“Quik”) Review pilot program, aimed at reducing the time it takes to review moderate-risk medical devices by one-third. The pilot, dubbed as “a...more

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FDA Draft Guidance and Pilot Program Seek to Expand Device Modifications Appropriate for the Special 510(k) Program

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In its continued effort to reduce time to market for regulated products and improve transparency, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) published a draft guidance last Friday that, among other things, proposes to (i) expand...more

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FDA Unveils Update to Software Precertification Program

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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently updated its software Precertification Program. A working program was originally rolled out in April 2018, but the program was updated in response to requested public input....more

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FDA Releases Software Precertification Working Model

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On April 26, 2018, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration ("FDA") released an initial working model for its Software Precertification ("Pre-Cert") Pilot Program. The Pre-Cert Program is an effort by FDA to develop a new, more...more

Mintz - Health Care Viewpoints

FDA 2017 Year in Review: Refining Medical Device Pathways and Introducing Pilot Programs to Promote Quality

This is the third installment of our year-in-review series covering major developments at FDA.  While the previous two installments, pertain to FDA actions on drugs and biologics, this post will address developments related...more

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Apple, Fitbit Join Pilot Program to Quicken FDA Regulatory Review

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On September 26, 2017, the FDA announced that it has chosen nine tech companies to participate in a pilot program (FDA Pre-Cert) to help tech companies bypass some regulations that have hindered health software and products...more

Hogan Lovells

CDRH's "Critical to Quality" PMA pilot program opens to applicants

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The voluntary PMA pilot program will run from September 29, 2017, to December 31, 2018, or until a total of nine PMA applicants have been enrolled. The program will engage these PMA applicants to identify and define device...more

Fenwick & West Life Sciences Group

Digital Health Companies May Find a Faster Path to Market Under the FDA's Digital Health Plan

It looks like the FDA is moving forward—and swiftly—with the digital health plan articulated in FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb's June blog post, previously outlined in this post. Closely tracking the commissioner’s post, the...more

Arnall Golden Gregory LLP

AGG Food & Drug Newsletter - August 2017

Arnall Golden Gregory LLP's Food and Drug Newsletter is a monthly update of legal and regulatory issues that affect the FDA-regulated community, including regular updates on legislative initiatives from AGG’s Washington, DC...more

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