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September 2024

Why Many Pathologists Are Cautious about Digital Path

CEO SUMMARY: In many major academic centers and the nation’s largest regional pathology supergroups, use of whole slide images and digital pathology workflow are accepted and established. This is often because of benefits unsupported by a pure return on investment. The clinical gains outweigh the capital costs. But for smaller-sized pathology groups, the capital cost […]

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Uncertainty in Market for Digital Path Products

CEO SUMMARY: These are uncertain times for many companies offering a range of digital pathology (DP) products to the nation’s pathologists. Sales lag behind projections that caused investors to pour money into numerous DP start-ups. One reason DP companies are not meeting sales goals is the inherent caution common with pathologists when it is time

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Unpacking the Surprises in the FDA LDT Rule

THERE ARE NOW TWO LAWSUITS IN TWO DIFFERENT COURTS CHALLENGING THE Food and Drug Administration’s Authority to regulate laboratory developed tests (LDTs). The first was filed on May 29, 2024, by the American Clinical Laboratory Association (ACLA). The second was filed on Aug. 19, 2024, by the Association for Molecular Pathology (AMP). However these lawsuits

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Uncertainty in the Market for Digital Path Products

These are uncertain times for many companies offering a range of digital pathology (DP) products to the nation’s pathologists. Sales lag behind projections that caused investors to pour money into numerous DP start-ups. One reason DP companies are not meeting sales goals is the inherent caution common with pathologists when it is time to make

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September 3, 2024, Intelligence: Late-Breaking Lab News

To challenge the federal Food and Drug Administration (FDA) final rule on laboratory developed tests (LDTs,) the Association for Molecular Pathology (AMP) filed a lawsuit on August 20, 2024, in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas. This is the second lab industry lawsuit challenging the LDT rule to be filed

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Federal Court Issues Ban on FTC’s Noncompete Rule

BY NOW, MOST CLINICAL LAB MANAGERS AND PATHOLOGY PRACTICE ADMINISTROATORS ARE AWARE of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) rule that bans noncompete agreements in virtually all employment contracts in the United States. The final rule was to take effect on Sept. 4, 2024, and applies to most private, for-profit business entities, which includes most clinical

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