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Author(s): Edney, Anna
Source:
Bloomberg Businessweek; 9/30/2013, Issue 4348, p64-64, 5/6p, 1 Color Photograph
Subject Terms:
MOBILE apps; MEDICAL equipment laws; SELF diagnosis; HEALTH self-care; GOVERNMENT regulation; NEW business enterprises; GOVERNMENT policy

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- Subject Terms:
  UNITED States. Food & Drug Administration
- Abstract:
  The article focuses on the requirement that medical mobile device applications be approved by the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) before sale. Topics include the growing market for self-diagnostic mobile device applications, medical device regulation in the U.S., and the use of crowdfunding at health care startup companies.