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Lab-developed tests (LDTs) are laboratory tests where blood is drawn and placed in a test tube to help with identification, diagnosis, and treatment of diseases, conditions, and infections. Examples of LDTs are the COVID-19...more
Laboratories in the United States are facing a major regulatory landscape shift. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has finalized a new rule ending its historical blanket enforcement discretion over laboratory...more
Over the last several weeks, the Biden administration has released numerous final regulations in order to “beat the clock” before it ticks down to the Congressional Review Act (CRA) deadline. The CRA authorizes Congress to...more
On May 6, 2024, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) published its final rule for laboratory developed tests (LDTs). The final rule cemented the agency’s forecasted decision to increase the FDA’s regulatory oversight of...more
The Food and Drug Administration (“FDA” or “agency”) intends to issue a notice of proposed rulemaking in August 2023 that will “make explicit” that laboratory developed tests (LDTs) are devices under the federal Food, Drug,...more
On August 19, 2020, the Trump administration made a major announcement that marks the latest development in the ever-evolving saga of the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) oversight of laboratory-developed tests (LDTs)....more
The US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) on August 19 published a sweeping announcement, Rescission of Guidances and Other Informal Issuances Concerning Premarket Review of Laboratory Developed Tests, in which it...more
This post is the first in a series of three in which we recap the Food and Drug Administration’s somewhat difficult year, having spent the majority of it without a permanent Commissioner and facing a slew of political and...more