Expert: New Guidance May Demand Clinical Decision Support Software Re-Evaluation
Executive Summary
Businesses should reevaluate the classification of their clinical decision software based on a new FDA guidance, Kyle Faget of Foley & Lardner LLP tells Medtech Insight.
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