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FDA’s Cybersecurity Premarket Draft a Significant Rewrite

The FDA has reissued draft guidance for premarket cybersecurity considerations four years after the previous draft guidance, and eight years after the issuance of the most recent final guidance. While this draft guidance is not the final word on this policy, we would advise our clients that it represents a fundamental shift in the agency’s approach to cybersecurity, one that comes with a substantially more demanding set of requirements in the premarket phase of device development.

Digital Tech for Clinical Trials May Carry Hefty Compliance Requirements

The FDA’s new draft guidance for the use of digital health technologies (DHTs) for remote data acquisition in clinical trials promises to help advance the market for a wide range of products in the digital health space. However, developers of these products should be aware that their products will be subject to a substantial amount of verification and validation work, along with a considerable load of usability studies.