Downloading Confusion: Are Mobile Drug Dose Calculators Medical Devices?
Executive Summary
Biopharmaceutical companies are expressing concern that a recent FDA draft guidance on mobile applications could force drug firms offering apps such as drug dose calculators to register and be regulated as medical device manufacturers.
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