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November 19, 2021 - FDA
HHS Reverses Policy Prohibiting FDA Review of Lab-Developed Tests
By: Stacy Cline Amin and Brigid DeCoursey Bondoc
On November 15, 2021, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced it would reverse a policy issued in August 2020 prohibiting the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) from requiring a premarket review of laboratory developed tests (“LDTs”), including requiring Emergency Use Authorizations
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November 18, 2021 - AI + Robotics, United States, FDA, Digital Health
Three Key Takeaways from FDLI’s Panel Discussion on FDA’s Digital Health Center of Excellence and Working with the FDA in the Digital Health Space
By: Stacy Cline Amin
FDLI hosted a virtual conference November 9-10, 2021, titled Digital Health Technology and Regulation During COVID-19 and Beyond. One of the keynote events was the panel on “FDA’s Digital Health Center of Excellence: Working with the FDA on Digital Health.” The panel featured Bakul
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November 16, 2021 - AI + Robotics, United States, FDA, Medical Devices + Diagnostics, Digital Health
Morrison & Foerster Partners Speak at FDLI’s Digital Health Technology and Regulation Conference
By: Stacy Cline Amin
The Food and Drug Law Institute (FDLI) hosted the virtual conference Digital Health Technology and Regulation During COVID-19 and Beyond , November 9-10, 2021. Morrison & Foerster’s Stacy Cline Amin and Bethany Hills led panel discussions during the two-day conference. Stacy Cline Amin, who
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November 01, 2021 - United States, FDA, Medical Devices + Diagnostics, Regulatory
FDA and International Counterparts Release Best Practices for Machine Learning in Medical Device Development
This week the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), along with Health Canada and the United Kingdom’s Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA), identified 10 guiding principles to inform the development of Good Machine Learning Practice (GMLP) and promote safe and effective medical
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October 26, 2021 - AI + Robotics, United States, FDA, Medical Devices + Diagnostics, Healthcare
Five Key Takeaways from FDA’s Transparency of AI/ML-Enabled Medical Devices Virtual Workshop
By: Stacy Cline Amin
On October 14, 2021, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) held a virtual public workshop on transparency surrounding Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning (AI/ML) enabled medical devices. The workshop focused on the role of transparency in enhancing the safe and effective use of AI/ML technology in
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October 25, 2021 - United States, FDA, Rare Disease, Pharma, Regulatory, Cell + Gene Therapy
FDA Finalizes Guidance on Interpretation of Orphan Drug “Sameness” for Gene Therapy Products
By: Brigid DeCoursey Bondoc
On September 30, 2021, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced final guidance titled “ Interpreting Sameness of Gene Therapy Products under the Orphan Drug Regulations .” The guidance finalizes the January 2020 draft guidance and provides FDA’s current perspective on certain criteria
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October 08, 2021 - United States, FDA, Litigation, Pharma, Intellectual Property
Skinny Labels Back in Focus after HHS Report on Addressing Drug Prices
By: Fitz B. Collings
Skinny labels are back in focus at the White House. On September 9, 2021, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services submitted its much-anticipated report to the White House Competition Counsel regarding a “Comprehensive Plan for Addressing High Drug Prices.” The HHS Report—issued
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September 22, 2021 - United States, FDA, Healthcare
CMS Proposes to Repeal MCIT Final Rule
Last week, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a proposed rule to repeal the Medicare Coverage of Innovative Technology (MCIT) and Definition of “Reasonable and Necessary” final rule (the “Proposed Rule”), which CMS published on January 14, 2021 in the waning
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July 26, 2021 - United States, FDA, Healthcare
Cures 2.0: Will It Be Better Than the Original?
By: Stacy Cline Amin
It’s summer blockbuster season and that means sequels abound. Now it seems that the U.S. Congress wants in on the action. Just five years after Congress passed the 21st Century Cures Act, a bipartisan group of representatives is looking to enact follow-up legislation—“Cures 2.0.”
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June 29, 2021 - United States, FDA, COVID-19, Healthcare, Pharma
EUAs and the FDA’s Fight Against COVID-19: An Evolving Landscape
Christine Lentz , a Morrison & Foerster summer associate in our San Diego office , contributed to the writing of this article. The outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 spurred rapid medical and technological innovation, leading to new medicines and devices designed in
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Topic Archives: FDA

HHS Reverses Policy Prohibiting FDA Review of Lab-Developed Tests

By: Stacy Cline Amin and Brigid DeCoursey Bondoc

Three Key Takeaways from FDLI’s Panel Discussion on FDA’s Digital Health Center of Excellence and Working with the FDA in the Digital Health Space

By: Stacy Cline Amin

Morrison & Foerster Partners Speak at FDLI’s Digital Health Technology and Regulation Conference

By: Stacy Cline Amin

FDA and International Counterparts Release Best Practices for Machine Learning in Medical Device Development

Five Key Takeaways from FDA’s Transparency of AI/ML-Enabled Medical Devices Virtual Workshop

By: Stacy Cline Amin

FDA Finalizes Guidance on Interpretation of Orphan Drug “Sameness” for Gene Therapy Products

By: Brigid DeCoursey Bondoc

Skinny Labels Back in Focus after HHS Report on Addressing Drug Prices

By: Fitz B. Collings

CMS Proposes to Repeal MCIT Final Rule

Cures 2.0: Will It Be Better Than the Original?

By: Stacy Cline Amin

EUAs and the FDA’s Fight Against COVID-19: An Evolving Landscape