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Title: Thanks to the FDA, your next Apple Watch might be loaded with health features Post by: HCK on September 29, 2017, 04:05:13 pm Thanks to the FDA, your next Apple Watch might be loaded with health features
<article> <section class="page"> <p>Apple, Fitbit, and Samsung may be competing for smartwatch sales, but the companies have similar issues when it comes to health advancements in their wearables: too much red tape. Now the three companies are part of a new government-run pilot program that aims to change that.</p><p>The Food and Drug Administration has <a href="https://www.fda.gov/NewsEvents/Newsroom/PressAnnouncements/ucm577480.htm" rel="nofollow">selected nine tech companies[/url] out of a pool of more than 100 to participate in the program, which aims to fast-track health innovations in software and products. The companies participating in the program will have an advantage when it comes to the months-long application and review process for new health products.</p><p class="jumpTag"><a href="/article/3228121/wearables/thanks-to-the-fda-your-next-apple-watch-might-be-loaded-with-health-features.html#jump">To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here[/url]</p></section></article> Source: Thanks to the FDA, your next Apple Watch might be loaded with health features (https://www.macworld.com/article/3228121/wearables/thanks-to-the-fda-your-next-apple-watch-might-be-loaded-with-health-features.html#tk.rss_all) |