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New bill could stifle innovation in digital health

eHealthNews.nz editor Rebecca McBeth

Digital health suppliers are concerned that the draft Therapeutic Products Bill will capture a broad a range of health technologies and new regulations will stifle investment and innovation in the sector.

Industry partners spoken to by eHealthNews support greater regulation of software as a medical device (SaMD), but say the bill needs to provide a much more granular definition of it, rather than leaving this up to the new regulator to determine.

Article published by HiNZ. To read the full article go to the HiNZ website.

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