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Cybersecurity: Guidance Docs To Come, But Legacy Devices Still A Challenge

 
• By Elizabeth Orr

Increasing savvy around cybersecurity issues is driving regulators and trade groups to update their approach to the area, speakers from the US FDA and the American Medical Association said at this week’s FDA/CMS Summit.

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Two major documents on medical device cybersecurity will likely be issued in the next several months, a US Food and Drug Administration official said at this week’s FDA/CMS Summit in Arlington, VA.

The first document, from the International Medical Device Regulators Forum (IMDRF), offers international consensus guidelines on device cybersecurity. The...

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