Updated
Updated · Bloomberg · Jun 23
FDA Drops Complaint Over Whoop Blood Pressure Tool After 1-Year Standoff
Updated
Updated · Bloomberg · Jun 23

FDA Drops Complaint Over Whoop Blood Pressure Tool After 1-Year Standoff

2 articles · Updated · Bloomberg · Jun 23

Summary

  • Tuesday’s reversal lets Whoop keep offering its Blood Pressure Insights feature without threat of FDA enforcement.
  • The dispute began last July, when the FDA warned that the feature made the Whoop MG tracker a medical device and asked the company to disable it.
  • Whoop refused to remove the tool and kept negotiating with the regulator, ending an apparent stalemate between the Boston-based company and the agency.

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