The arena of digital health and FDA regulations that apply to apps, wearables and software, including artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) continue to evolve in the United States. See select articles and tweets for latest news one these topics here.
No bad actor third party testing laboratories were specifically named in this article (other than being entities based in China and India), but it boggles the mind that a third party testing lab would generate “testing data that…Read More
FDA recently issued a warning letter to Wavi that claimed its AI code used for its Wavi Desktop product was “for research use only” and not subject to FDA regulation. This is not a judgement on Wavi as…Read More
It is encouraging to see the FDA’s Center for Devices and Radiological Health (CDRH) has signaled in their proposed guidances for fiscal year 2024 (FY2024) that guidances related to Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning (AI/ML) are getting a high priority…Read More
As a follow-up to the late breaking news article on September 29, 2023 regarding FDA’s issuance of a proposed rule to regulated laboratory developed test (LDTs), multiple stake holders, such as the American Clinical Laboratories Association (ACLA) and…Read More
It has been highly anticipated that FDA was planning to issue a new proposed rule on laboratory developed tests (LDTs) with suggestions that a proposed rule could come in by the end of this week. The expectation clearly…Read More
In March 2023, the FDA released a final guidance titled “Transition Plan for Medical Devices That Fall Within Enforcement Policies Issued During the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Public Health Emergency“, which at high level set out a timeline…Read More
On September 6th, 2023, the FDA released three draft guidances with the stated of goal of “…Part of Ongoing Efforts to Modernize the Premarket Notification [510(k)] Program”. I can not encourage industry and regulatory professionals enough to review…Read More
Two devices with recent De Novo Classifications were reported on recently in the Viz.ai HCM and Better Therapeutics devices that employ Artificial Intelligence (AI) and/or Machine Learning (ML). The Classification Order for both were recently published and present…Read More
It is not often the FDA offers truly transformative guidance to enable industry to constructively advance cutting edge technology in a practical way. But with the draft FDA guidance titled “Marketing Submission Recommendations for a Predetermined Change Control…Read More