Lexology January 15, 2021
On January 12, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s Center for Devices and Radiological Health (CDRH) Digital Health Center of Excellence released its new five-part “Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning (AI/ML)-Based Software as a Medical Device (SaMD) Action Plan,” which describes the agency’s efforts to regulate products that incorporate AI. It is a direct response to stakeholder feedback to the April 2019 discussion paper, “Proposed Regulatory Framework for Modifications to Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning-Based Software as a Medical Device.” Although the Action Plan is light on details for AI regulation, it pledges specific actions that show FDA is moving forward with its “Predetermined Change Control Plan” regulatory framework for machine learning devices. The docket for comments on the plan remains open, and device...