About the Author
My name is Mark Senak. I’m a lawyer and I work at the international communications firm FleishmanHillard in New York. For the past several years, I have been consulting with pharmaceutical and biologic companies that are engaged in the process of bringing new drugs to market. I have also worked extensively with an array of medical societies and patient organizations providing strategic communications counsel and media training.
Category Archives: Medical Apps
The Convergence of Digital Health, Devices and Pharma
There has been a huge push in policy circles to speed innovation in medicine which is manifest in several initiatives, including most notably the 21st Century Cures Act implementation. But it would be a mistake to assess the quickening pace … Continue reading
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Final Guidance on Medical Apps
In July 2011, FDA issued a draft guidance on Medical Apps that set out the agency’s approach to regulate apps – even as thousands of such apps were being developed and downloaded by users. Just over two years later in … Continue reading
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FDA “It Has Come to Our Attention” Letter on Medical App
There are Warning Letters, Untitled Letters, otherwise known as Notice of Violation Letters, and now there is the “It Has Come to Our Attention Letter”. I have to admit, I had not heard of this particular kind of letter before, … Continue reading
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Expanding World of Medical Apps – Quantity and Quality
This weekend the Washington Post carried an article that, among other things, focused on the explosion of apps available in healthcare. Entitled “Health-care Apps of Smartphones Pit FDA Against Tech Industry” the primary thrust of the article was as the … Continue reading
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