FDA 'Taking A Very Light Touch' On Regulating Apple Watch
March 30, 2015
Bakul Patel, who oversees the new wave of consumer-focused health products at the Food and Drug Administration, said most wearable gadgets such as the soon-to-be-released Apple Watch and health-focused applications for smartphones have a way to go before warranting close scrutiny from the agency.
“We are taking a very light touch, an almost hands-off approach,” Patel, the FDA’s associate director for digital health, said in an interview. “If you have technology that’s going to motivate a person to stay healthy, that’s not something we want to be engaged in.”
It’ll be interesting to see how much the FDA’s involvement progresses as the Apple Watch gains more and more health sensors.