Morning Headlines 12/24/21
EU clears Microsoft-Nuance without conditions
The EU’s competition regulator says it has no anti-competitive concerns with the deal.
Digital Health Technologies for Remote Data Acquisition in Clinical Investigations
FDA publishes draft guidance on using digital health technology to acquire data remotely from clinical investigation participants.
Former FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb, MD says in a JAMA Forum article that at-home diagnostic tests may be the most enduring technological innovation of the pandemic, so it will be critical to connect those tests with telemedicine to reduce office visits and increase access to care.
The Advisory Opinion on that page states "The Veterans Health Administration (VHA) is designated a health plan... VHA's treatment activities…