US FDA's New Game Plan For Digital Health
Executive Summary
Commissioner Scott Gottlieb outlined his plans to implement software provisions of the 21st Century Cures Act and go much further than that in clarifying regulatory policy and piloting novel strategies to streamline the path to market for digital health technologies.
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