“The Food and Drug Administration plans to use a proposed $400 million boost in federal funding to focus on a range of innovative approaches to speed the approval of new medical devices and create a new center that would support digital health oversight and address cybersecurity concerns.”
“Overall, the FDA would receive an additional $473 million in discretionary spending under a budget proposal released by the Trump administration earlier this week, bringing the agency’s total to $3.25 billion in 2019. If that level of spending moves through Congress, the FDA plans to funnel about $400 million to promote innovation and competition, FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb, M.D., announced on Wednesday. That would include specific carve-outs planned for a new Center of Excellence on Digital Health and furthering the agency’s ability to use EHR data to evaluate medical devices.” Read the full article here.
Source: FDA’s Scott Gottlieb wants to use funding boost to create a Center of Excellence on Digital Health – By Evan Sweeney, February 15, 2018. FierceHealthcare.
