The answer seems to be in the direction of a US FDA Style review process for some higher class devices (Class IIb & III) which means longer time to market and more hurdles to get past for these types of
Proposal for FDA Create New Office to Regulate Mobile Apps
11 Feb 2013 – Regulatory Focus (RAPS) News Article indicates that there will be a re-introduced proposal going thru the US Congress, sometime this year, for the FDA’s CDRH to create a new office to Regulate Mobile Medical Device Applications. What
GHTF has transitioned to IMDRF
As of November 2012 the GHTF (Global Harmonization Task Force) is no longer operating as evidenced by several pieces of information. In it’s place the International Medical Device Regulators Forum (IMDRF) is working to “build on the strong foundation of