FDA Continues to Ease Regulatory Hurdles for Wearable Health Products

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently updated two guidance documents applicable to wearable devices and guidance for clinical decision support tools, continuing the agency’s efforts to ease regulatory hurdles for digital health tools and potentially the use of artificial intelligence. The updates expand the type of digital health tools, including certain general wellness wearable devices and clinical decision support software, that are either exempt from medical device requirements or will be subject to enforcement discretion by FDA.

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Judiciary Ends COVID Emergency; Study of Broadcast Policy Continues

The COVID-19 emergency is no longer affecting the functioning of the federal courts, the Judicial Conference’s Executive Committee has found, setting in motion a 120-day grace period in which federal courts may continue to provide the same remote public audio access to civil and bankruptcy proceedings as they did during the emergency.
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