Insights on Longevity & Healthspan

ArentFox Schiff is pleased to announce the launch of its Longevity & Healthspan Industry Group, a cross-sector initiative supporting the rapidly expanding ecosystem of companies advancing anti-aging innovation, wellness, and preventive health.

On January 6, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) released two significant updates potentially important for companies operating in the consumer health technology space.

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Innovation Center has announced the Advancing Chronic Care with Effective, Scalable Solutions (ACCESS) model, a 10‑year voluntary payment model that introduces outcome‑aligned payments (OAPs) to expand access to technology‑supported care for Medicare beneficiaries with common chronic conditions.

Federal regulators are taking a coordinated step to accelerate the responsible integration of digital health technologies into routine care.

A putative class action against Whoop, the wearable technology company, uses the US Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) July 2025 warning letter regarding its new blood pressure product feature as a litigation springboard. The case shows how misalignment with regulators’ expectations can quickly cascade from agency scrutiny to consumer litigation.

On March 31, a judge in the Eastern District of Texas vacated the US Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) rule that sought to regulate laboratory-developed tests (LDTs) as medical devices under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FDCA).

Last week, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced the end of a years-long shortage of semaglutide injection products — a popular glucagon-like peptide 1 (GLP-1) weight loss and diabetes medication.

When one hears the term “neural data,” a brain implant comes to mind, alongside concerns about these neurotechnologies being able to read our innermost thoughts.