SPOTLIGHT: New coalition to offer FDA guidance on regulation of mobile smartphone apps

As the FDA ponders whether to regulate mobile health apps as medical devices, industry stakeholders are coming together to develop a guidance document on the scope of what they perceive the federal agency's authority over such software should be. The private-sector mHealth Regulatory Commission "is intended to be a temporary organization--lasting perhaps one year--comprised of participants from existing trade associations and sponsor companies that have an interest in obtaining clear guidance from FDA on the scope of FDA regulation of m-health technologies," according to a founding statement. FierceMobileHealthcare