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Gottlieb Unveils Next Steps In Digital Health Plan

The US FDA Commissioner outlined six new updates to the agency's digital health plan, including a new guidance, the next steps for pre-certification and a digital health focus for drugs.

Commissioner Gottlieb speaking at RAPS 2017
FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb

US FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb unveiled new steps to push the agency's digital-health agenda forward. The commissioner says he believes digital health has the potential to solve broad problems in health care, such as understanding safety and efficacy, reducing costs and collecting data when developing new drugs.

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