As the benefits of software become increasingly present to healthcare systems, its risks do too. While software can increase the efficiency and effectiveness of healthcare, it can also create greater vulnerabilities. The medical device industry in particular has had...
The FDA is in the process of implementing the Unique Device Identification (UDI) System in a series of phases. Currently, all Class III and implantable, life-supporting and life-sustaining medical devices require UDIs. The next phase of the system will be implemented...
Mobile health app The growing significance of mobile health apps result in a need to ensure its proper regulation. Practitioners, patients, researchers and medical industries are all affected by mHealth apps. The digital health field is regulated by the FDA under four...
Many manufacturers believe that selling their product or device without FDA approval is acceptable. If people buy it, but is this breach in ethics worth the potential consequences? If caught marketing an unapproved product, the FDA may issue a warning letter...
Last Friday, after a three year gridlock, the Council of the European Union came to an agreement on the reworking of regulatory legislation on medical devices and in vitro diagnostics which will impact both manufacturers and regulatory authorities. The European...