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FDA Finalizes Its Informed Consent Guidance for IRBs, Clinical Investigators and Sponsors

Hall Render

Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) finalized “ Informed Consent: Guidance for IRBs, Clinical Investigators, and Sponsors ” (“Final Guidance”), following the FDA’s earlier issuance of draft guidance on the subject in July 2014. On August 15, 2023, the U.S.

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AI’s Ability to Manipulate Decision Making Requires a Moratorium on Its Use in Obtaining Consent for Biomedical Research

Bill of Health

The federal government’s commitment to assuring that participants in human subject research provide fully informed consent dates back to the U.S In 2017, Congress acted again to update the Common Rule and strengthen the provisions related to consent. While the U.S. These warnings echo those of the U.S.

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Embracing Technology: FDA Releases Draft Guidance on Decentralized Clinical Trials

Hall Render

Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) released draft guidance regarding the conduct of decentralized clinical trials (“DCTs”) for drugs, biological products and devices. This draft guidance expands on previous FDA recommendations released in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Could Self-Operated Assisted Suicide Devices Be Coming to a Town near You?

Bill of Health

FDA Approval. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), which “ regulates the sale of medical device products (including diagnostic tests) in the U.S. ” Although it is questionable whether the FDA would ever approve the Sarco machine as a medical device, it turns out the FDA may not need to. .”

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How to Mitigate Ethical Challenges of AI-Driven Healthcare

Healthcare IT Today

The following is a guest article by Natalie C. The use of AI is revolutionizing the delivery of healthcare, but its use comes with significant ethical challenges that cannot be ignored, the most important of which involve bias and informed consent. . Oehlers, Associate Attorney and Carly C. About Natalie C. About Carly C.

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SQA Regulatory Surveillance Summary | Monthly Update 2023 – January

SQA

Of interest is a reference to the FDA’s draft document “Computer Software Assurance for Production and Quality System Software,” which was recently published on 13 September 2022. The application/notification must be submitted via the EUDAMED database (Article 69 IVDR).

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Part 3: An Update on the Federal and State E-Roe-sion or P-Roe-tection of Abortion Rights

Healthcare Law Blog

The now-active provisions include a prohibition on abortions after 12 weeks of pregnancy (with limited exceptions), 72-hour informed consent requirements, pre-abortion gestational age verification, and reporting requirements for abortions after 12 weeks. [21] United States FDA , 2023 U.S. for Hippocratic Med. 7, 2023). [2]