CDS regulation
About the Author: Bradley Merrill Thompson is a member of the firm at Epstein Becker & Green, P.
In the last quarter the FDA gave the nod to 10 digital health devices.
By Bradley Merrill Thompson
If I invented an unprecedented mobile technology for treating tennis elbow, the law would require me to do substantial and expensive clinical trials before bringing it to market.
As MobiHealthNews noted last week in the introduction to our In-Depth report on Apple's Health app feature set, the FDA made a rare move on Wednesday by adding a new description for a type of mobile medical app that it would not regulate as a medical device.