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Health Regulation for the Digital Age — Correcting the Mismatch

Barak Richman, J.D., Ph.D.

Does it make sense that Alexa can remind me when I need to purchase more cereal but not when I need to take my insulin? Rather than applying ill-fitting old laws to new digital medicine interventions, we could tailor a new regulatory regime to new technologies.

Funding and Disclosures

Disclosure forms provided by the author are available at NEJM.org.

Author Affiliations

From Duke University School of Law, Durham, NC.

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