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title: Cost and Time to Bring Software as a Medical Device (SaMD) to Market
description: Insights from top digital health executives on how to speed time to market and lower costs for SaMD solutions
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WHITE PAPER

# Cost and Time to Bring Software as a Medical Device (SaMD) to Market

Insights from top digital health executives on how to speed time to market and lower costs for SaMD solutions

As Software as a Medical Device (SaMD) changes how patients and providers interact, forward-looking biopharma companies are prioritizing these digital solutions. To get a comprehensive perspective on how top biopharma teams are assessing SaMD, we partnered with HealthXL, a digital health community and advisory company, to survey the biopharma industry, interview digital health leaders at leading global companies, and analyze data for 30 firms over nearly three years.

**Read this white paper to discover five solutions to solve cost and time-to-market challenges, and learn about:**

- The actual cost of bringing SaMD to market, and how it differs from many companies' expectations
- The most active therapeutic areas in SaMD
- The most promising use cases in SaMD today

# Cost and Time to Bring SaMD to Market

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