In Tuesday night's State of the Union address, President Barack Obama called for a manufacturing renaissance in the United States. Some of the policies he suggested to help bring it about could affect medical electronics manufacturers. The president lauded the American auto industry for adding 160,000 jobs since its government bailout in 2009 and said the same could happen in other industries....
As promised, FDA has issued draft guidance laying out plans for the oversight of mobile applications used for medical or healthcare purposes. In a press release dated July 19, the administration explained that the proposed guidelines will only impact applications that “are used as an accessory to a medical device already regulated by the FDA” or “transform a mobile...