MedTech Dive September 27, 2023
Nick Paul Taylor

Congress granted the agency authority to deny premarket submissions that lack cybersecurity information, starting in October.

Dive Brief:

  • The Food and Drug Administration has finalized guidance intended to help device developers comply with recently enacted cybersecurity obligations for premarket submissions.
  • In the guidance, the FDA outlines how to use a secure product development framework to manage cybersecurity risks, explaining how the model applies to risk management, security architecture and cybersecurity testing.
  • The FDA, which could start refusing filings that lack cybersecurity information on Oct. 1, finalized the guidance after reviewing more than 1,800 comments on a draft it published last year. Based on the feedback, the FDA clarified required documents and interoperability considerations.

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