Digital Health, Cybersecurity Would See Significant Chunk Of FDA Device-Funding Boost
Executive Summary
If Congress approves a 26% higher 2019 funding request for US FDA's device center, a substantial chunk of those dollars would go to building a novel framework for regulating digital-health technologies, and to help FDA and device manufacturers respond better to cybersecurity vulnerabilities, among other program priorities, according to agency officials.
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