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FDA under fire: Pared-down LDT Final Rule leaves unanswered questions

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has finalized its historic — and notoriously controversial — rule to explicitly assert the agency’s authority to regulate laboratory developed tests (LDTs). Below we summarize the...more

FDA pilots oncology companion diagnostic test/device program as LDT rulemaking nears

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration recently released the guidance “Oncology Drug Products Used with Certain In Vitro Diagnostic Tests: Pilot Program,” laying out the process by which FDA will offer up to nine drug makers...more

FDA transition plan for COVID-19 medical devices requests new submissions to agency

On December 22, 2021, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) published two draft guidance documents intended to help medical device manufacturers transition out of the temporary rules put in place for the duration of the...more

HHS again permits FDA review of LDTs, updates EUA policy for laboratory developed tests

On November 15, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) withdrew a controversial Trump-era HHS Policy Change that effectively prevented the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) from reviewing laboratory-developed...more

Life Sciences and Health Care Horizons - 2021

Companies in the life sciences and health care industry, like most companies, navigated unparalleled challenges in 2020. But unlike other industries, they had to do so while simultaneously facing the biggest challenge of all...more

HHS ends EUA requirement for Laboratory Developed Tests; FDA may continue to assert authority

On August 19, 2020, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced the rescission of guidances and other Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issuances concerning premarket review of Laboratory Developed Tests...more

Genetic tests and medication response: FDA announces collaborative review of scientific evidence

FDA announced the introduction of a collaboration between the Center for Devices and Radiological Health (CDRH) and Center for Drug Evaluation and Research (CDER) to provide the agency’s view of the current science in...more

FDA resumes enforcement relating to laboratory developed tests

On April 4, 2019, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's (FDA or the agency) Office of In Vitro Diagnostics and Radiological Health issued a Warning Letter to Inova Genomics Laboratory in one of the first FDA enforcement...more

Paving the way for product authorization: FDA proposes rule to reclassify medical image analyzers

On June 4, 2018, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA or the Agency) issued a proposed order to reclassify certain software that analyzes medical imaging from class III (premarket approval) devices to class II (subject...more

FDA finalizes guidances for NGS-based tests

On April 12, 2018, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA or the Agency) finalized two guidances on the oversight of next generation sequencing (NGS)-based in vitro diagnostic tests. Unlike most IVDs that typically detect...more

FDA Finalizes Guidance on Evaluation and Reporting of Age-, Race-, and Ethnicity-Specific Data in Medical Device Clinical Studies

On September 12, 2017, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) released the final guidance that outlines the agency’s expectations and recommendations for the evaluation and reporting of age-, race-, and...more

FDA’s Software Pre-Cert Program: More Details Revealed

In follow up to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) late July announcement of the Digital Health Innovation Action Plan and the pilot Software Precertification (Pre-Cert) program, the Agency held an August 1, 2017,...more

FDA Cleared First DTC Genetic Tests for Health Risks

Last week, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) granted marketing authorization for 23andMe’s Personal Genome Service (PGS) Test for 10 diseases or conditions. This was the first FDA authorization for a...more

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