Regulatory Explainer: Why and How is FDA Regulating Mobile Apps? - Regulatory Focus

Regulatory Explainer: Why and How is FDA Regulating Mobile Apps? - Regulatory Focus:

"In Brief, What's This Issue About?

In the US, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regulates many products to ensure that they are safe and effective, including medical devices such as wheelchairs and pacemakers. However, the definition of "medical device" also includes software, and in recent years FDA has moved to regulate software found on mobile phones, what most people refer to as "mobile apps."

Critics have raised the point that strict regulation of medical mobile apps could stifle innovation in the sector, while others have pointed to spurious or faulty apps to make the point that regulation is sorely needed."

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FDA Issues Final Guidance on Mobile Medical Apps | Medical Connectivity

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FDA Issues Final Guidance on Mobile Medical Apps | Medical Connectivity:

"In this final guidance, FDA has chosen to use two factors to distinguish between mobile medical apps that are low risk that they do not intend to regulate, and higher risk apps that will be regulated. FDA will regulate those mobile medical apps intended:

• to be used as an accessory to a regulated medical device; or
• to transform a mobile platform into a regulated medical device."

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Mobile Medical Applications - FDA Guidance for Industry and Food and Drug Administration Staff (PDF - 269KB)

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