Ropes & Gray: Draft Guidance Clarifies How FDA Plans to Regulate Certain Software "Apps" | Practical Law

Ropes & Gray: Draft Guidance Clarifies How FDA Plans to Regulate Certain Software "Apps" | Practical Law

This Ropes & Gray LLP memorandum discusses draft guidance from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) describing how it intends to apply its regulatory authority to certain software applications intended for use on mobile platforms, which the agency terms "mobile medical applications" or "mobile medical apps."

Ropes & Gray: Draft Guidance Clarifies How FDA Plans to Regulate Certain Software "Apps"

by Ropes & Gray LLP
Published on 25 Jul 2011 • USA (National/Federal)
This Ropes & Gray LLP memorandum discusses draft guidance from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) describing how it intends to apply its regulatory authority to certain software applications intended for use on mobile platforms, which the agency terms "mobile medical applications" or "mobile medical apps."