Yes. They did call it a winner. When accepted to the challenge among many applicants, it’s a BIG WIN for BIEL. There is something on Facebook that is suggestive of winning, but I don’t think it’s credible yet.
Read this webinar communication by FDA on the INNOVATION CHALLENGE and see how the words accepted or won are interchanged:
Coordinator: Our next question comes from (Rob). Your line is open. (Rob): Hi. Thank you for taking my call. Question's around eligibility. You mentioned that medical devices, therapeutic devices, digital health technologies, and a combination (are those) who'd be applicable for this. With that said, you listed four different ones there potentially. Is there more than one winner? Or are you just going to take the best out of those four?
Dr. (Jonathan Jarow): The answer is yes, there will potentially be more than one winner. That's what we're hoping for. The number of applications accepted in the program will be limited by both the quality of the applications that we receive as well as the resources that FDA has at hand to put an all hands on deck approach with each of these applications that are accepted.