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On August 19, 2024, the Association for Molecular Pathology (AMP) sued the FDA to challenge a new rule that allows the FDA to regulate laboratory developed tests (LDTs). The rule, which became effective on July 5, 2024,...more
On August 22, 2024, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA or Agency) issued a draft guidance entitled, Predetermined Change Control Plans for Medical Devices. The draft guidance describes how FDA plans to implement new...more
Below is Alston & Bird’s Health Care Week in Review, which provides a synopsis of the latest news in health care regulations, notices, and guidance; federal legislation and congressional committee action; reports, studies,...more
Health providers and consumers increasingly rely on the internet for health and medical-related information, but not all such information is reliable, and many statements are downright false. The proliferation of social media...more
After many years of anticipation and various congressional and agency proposals, on May 6, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) published its final rule titled "Medical Devices; Laboratory Developed Tests." The final rule...more
On May 29, 2024, a lawsuit was filed in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, challenging the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s final rule concerning the regulatory status of laboratory developed tests...more
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA or the Agency) issued a Final Rule on May 6, 2024 (89 FR 37286), that will, over the next four years, radically alter the landscape for laboratory-developed tests (LDTs) and "correct...more
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA or the Agency) issued a Final Rule on May 6, 2024 (89 FR 37286) that will, over the next four years, radically alter the landscape for laboratory developed tests (LDTs). This action...more
On May 6, 2024, following more than a decade of discourse with interested stakeholders on potential approaches to regulation of laboratory developed tests (LDTs), the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) published its...more
On May 6, 2024 the FDA published its much-anticipated Final Rule on Lab-Developed Tests (“LDTs”) to make explicit that in vitro diagnostic products (“IVDs”) are devices under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (“FD&C...more
Earlier this year, we reported on the expected U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ruling concerning Laboratory Developed Tests (LDTs). The FDA has consistently shown a commitment to regulating LDTs. On May 6, 2024, the...more
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) recent announcement of a final rule extending regulatory oversight to laboratory developed tests (LDTs) has sparked controversy. As discussed in a previous Holland & Knight alert,...more
On April 29, 2024, FDA finalized the long-awaited rule to assert authority over the regulation of laboratory developed tests (LDTs) under FDA’s existing regulatory framework for medical devices under the Federal Food, Drug,...more
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a final rule on April 29, 2024, that significantly changes the regulatory framework for laboratory developed tests (LDTs). LDTs are in vitro diagnostic products (IVDs) that...more
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA or Agency) announced on April 29, 2024, in a forthcoming and long-awaited final rule that laboratory developed tests (LDTs) will be regulated as medical devices....more
On April 29, 2024, the Food and Drug Administration (“FDA” or “the Agency”) released a pre-publication version of the highly anticipated laboratory developed test final rule (“LDT Final Rule”). The LDT Final Rule is...more
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As the life sciences, medtech, and diagnostic industries continue to expand and grow increasingly complex, so does the legal, regulatory, and compliance landscape. To help companies and investors navigate the many evolving...more
On March 21, 2024, the Health Subcommittee of the House Energy & Commerce Committee held a hearing titled “Evaluating Approaches to Diagnostic Test Regulation and the Impact of the FDA’s Proposed Rule.” In the wake of...more
Federal preemption can be a very powerful defense. For example, claims concerning Class III medical devices requiring pre-market approval are generally preempted by the Medical Device Amendments of 1976, 21 U.S.C. § 360c, et...more
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