US FDA Collecting Feedback On Digital Health Plan
Executive Summary
FDA's commissioner has signaled plans to pilot a new approach to digital health oversight, but the agency cautions that it is still putting the program together based, in part, on feedback from stakeholders. More details will be released by the time a pilot program launches in the fall.
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