Interview: US FDA's Bakul Patel On 'Pre-Cert'-Selected Software Companies
Executive Summary
Apple and FitBit joined Johnson & Johnson and Roche, along with five other tech firms and health startups on the list those selected for US FDA's new "Pre-Cert" pilot program for digital health. Medtech Insight caught up with FDA digital-health expert Bakul Patel for a chat on Sept. 26 at AdvaMed's Medtech Conference where the participants were announced.
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