Rock Weekly: FDA 101 – A Guide for Entrepreneurs
March 25th, 2013
Last week’s congressional hearings on mobile medical applications attracted a lot of attention amongst entrepreneurs and investors in our industry. Today we’re publishing FDA 101, a Rock Report which attempts to demystify the FDA process for digital health entrepreneurs. The FDA plans to issue final guidance by October 1, 2013. We’ll be watching.
Headlines
FDA Clarifies Plans For Mobile Health App Regulation
eWeek
Obamacare Is A Bonanza for Health Startups – But Do They Know It?
PandoDaily
Study Says Medical Device Interoperability Could Save $30B A Year
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Wireless Blood-Test Implant Sends Data To Smartphones
CNET
Android Gene Test Presages Future Of Data Privacy
MobiHealthNews
The Doctor Is In (Well, Logged In)
New York Times
Rock Health in the News
Overregulation Haunts Health Entrepreneurs
VentureBeat
Wellframe Wants to Help Fix Your Broken Heart
Wired
NextGxDx Selects Eligible API For Genetic Testing Insurance Eligibility Checks
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Funding & Acquisitions
Omada Health Secures $4.7M To Roll Out Its Online Diabetes Prevention Program
TechCrunch
One Medical Raise $30M To Transform Primary Care
GigaOm
Remedy Partners Raises $20M For Bundled Payment Programs
SEC
Sutherland Global Services Acquires Apollo Health Street For $200M
Modern Healthcare