Industry: New SOFTWARE Act Provides Certainty
This article was originally published in The Pink Sheet Daily
Executive Summary
Rep. Blackburn’s SOFTWARE Act has changed substantially since it was first introduced and is being praised by device manufacturers for providing much needed clarity on how far FDA can go to regulate Medical and Health software.
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