2018

New market guidances, regulatory pathway change proposals close out 2018 for FDA

By Dave Muoio 02:39 pm December 21, 2018

The last few months of 2018 have been fairly active for digital health regulation, with the US FDA roughly a dozen noteworthy devices and consumer health products. But the bigger news out of the agency this quarter comes in the form of its market guidance. For instance, the very beginning of October saw the release of the Medical Device Cybersecurity Regional Incident Preparedness and Response...

Alphabet's 2018 was big on AI diagnostics, chronic disease partnerships and investments

By Dave Muoio 02:01 pm December 20, 2018

Alphabet’s business interests cover a wide range of industries, and healthcare is certainly among them. With each passing year, Alphabet (or Google, or Verily) unveils a growing collection of tech-driven partnerships and healthcare tools — read on for a compilation of the company’s news in 2018. January 4: Cityblock Health, the urban-focused public health startup that spun out of Alphabet’s...