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False Claims Act Risks for Cyber Device Manufacturers Arising under New Requirements Subject to FDA Enforcement Beginning October 1, 2023

The False Claims Act (FCA) is one of the government’s chief tools to address false claims involving government funds, imposing liability on “any person who… knowingly presents, or causes to be presented, a false or fraudulent claim for payment” to the federal government or who “knowingly makes, uses, or causes to be made or used,…

FDA Publishes Proposed Rule Asserting Medical-Device Jurisdiction over Laboratory-Developed Tests

On September 29, 2023, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) released its highly anticipated proposed rule on laboratory-developed tests (LDTs) (“LDT Proposed Rule”), which was officially published in the Federal Register on Tuesday, October 3, 2023.[1] In the LDT Proposed Rule, FDA announced plans to formally classify LDTs as medical devices under its regulations,…

FDA Draft Guidance Sheds Light on Agency’s Evaluation of Prescription Drug Use-Related Software

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently published a draft guidance document proposing to regulate end-user output of prescription drug use-related software (PDURS) as labeling.[1] The draft guidance sets forth review pathways that could benefit prescription drug application sponsors, including by allowing sponsors to incorporate information about PDURS in the FDA-approved labeling and to…