US FDA Hoping To Solve Drug-Software Issues With Digital Health Working Group

As more applications include software components, group wants assessors to apply best practices from CDRH to CDER whenever possible.

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The working group on digital wants to apply best practices from CDRH to CDER oversight of drugs with software components. • Source: Shutterstock

With software and drugs becoming increasingly intertwined, the US Food and Drug Administration is marshaling its expertise to make policy decisions and help application assessors.

The agency has established a working group on digital health that will address policy issues related to software that is used with drugs. The group includes representatives of the centers...

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