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FDA launching new digital health regulatory framework

January 7, 2019 8:21 PM UTC

FDA Monday announced the launch of a new streamlined regulatory framework for digital health devices.

The framework will initially be used only for products FDA classifies as software as a medical device (SaMD), which includes software intended to be used for a medical purpose and that is not part of a hardware medical device. It could be expanded in the future to include all medical device software, FDA stated...