FCC, FDA Release Details on Medical Test Bed Workshop

The FCC and the Food and Drug Administration released an agenda on their joint all-day workshop March 31 on “Promoting Medical Technology Innovation -- The Role of Wireless Test Beds.” The workshop starts at 9 a.m. and will be at FCC headquarters. “The workshop will convene experts from industry, medicine, academia, and government to focus on the role of wireless medical test beds and their influence on the development of converged medical technology for clinical and non-clinical settings,” the agencies said. FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler and Commissioner Mignon Clyburn are among those slated to speak.