FDA's Bakul Patel Discusses Pre-Cert Program Working Model
Executive Summary
In a Medtech Insight exclusive podcast interview, US FDA's Bakul Patel talks about what the agency wants to learn from a newly released "working model" intended to set the initial foundations for the digital health pre-certification program. The first version of the program will start before year's end and he's hoping for industry feedback to prepare for it.
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