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A Chihuahua or a Muffin? FDA Announces Plans for Aggressive Use of Artificial Intelligence

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Lenz, Principal Medical Device Regulation Expert & Lisa M. Baumhardt, Principal Medical Device Regulatory Expert & Gail H. As we recently blogged about here and here , FDA has issued guidance on lifecycle management for AI-enabled device software functions. By Adrienne R.

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Let’s Listen to Patients: FDA Releases Final Guidance on Patient Engagement in the Design and Conduct of Medical Device Clinical Studies

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Bauer, Senior Regulatory Drug Expert — Our readers probably know that we value and advocate for patient engagement as an essential component in the development of medical products (see our firm’s commitment here ).

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A Question 30 Years in the Making: Would a Final LDT Rule Withstand Judicial Scrutiny?

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Lenz, Principal Medical Device Regulation Expert & Sophia R. Gibbs — For more than three decades, FDA has claimed that the Federal Food, Drug & Cosmetic (FD&C Act) gives the agency legal authority to regulate laboratory developed tests (LDTs) as medical devices (see our prior post here ). Gaulkin & Jeffrey N.

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Could the Road to an AKS Violation Be Paved with Good Intentions? Pfizer Asks SCOTUS

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Gaulkin — We previously blogged about Pfizer’s copay assistance lawsuit, which sought to challenge HHS’s interpretation of the Federal health care program anti-kickback statute (AKS) and position that the company’s proposed copay assistance program would violate the AKS. By Sophia R. Background.

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D.C. Court Strikes Down Copay Accumulator Rule

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We previously blogged about this lawsuit last year. The ACA sets an annual cap on the amount that insurers can require insured individuals to pay out of pocket for their medical expenses. Once an individual reaches this annual cap, the insurer is solely responsible for covering the individual’s remaining medical expenses that year.

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As the Calendar Turns, Cybersecurity Remains Key Focus of Digital Health Enforcement

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To date, regulatory enforcement litigation focused on actual or imminent patient harm has taken a backseat to cybersecurity as FDA continues to update and implement its oversight framework. Combination products are sharing the digital moment with those classified solely as medical devices.

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Proposed LDT Rule Raises Many Questions but Provides Few Answers

FDA Law

There is much to unpack, and we intend to do so in a series of blog posts. The end of enforcement discretion The PR proposes to phase out LDT “enforcement discretion” over a period of four years, after which most LDTs will be subject to all applicable medical device regulatory requirements.