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With LDT Rule Vacated, Labs Await FDA Retort
CEO SUMMARY: In a major win for clinical laboratories, a federal judge vacated the FDA’s final rule on LDTs, writing in his decision that the agency overstepped its authority. For now, labs can develop and modify LDTs without FDA oversight, but future action in some form…
Why Labs Should Comply with FDA’s Final Rule on LDTs
CEO SUMMARY: Even as lawsuits challenging the Laboratory Developed Test (LDT rule) issued by the federal Food and Drug Administration (FDA) progress in federal court, clinical labs performing LDTs face an interesting decision. Should they invest the staff time and money to comply with the…
Two Different LDT Lawsuits Combined in Federal Court
CEO SUMMARY: Different lawsuits challenging the FDA’s LDT rule were filed in recent months by the American Clinical Laboratory Association and the Association for Molecular Pathology. Both lawsuits were filed in the U.S. District Court for the Southern …
What Labs with LDTs Must Do to Comply with FDA’s LDT Rule
CEO SUMMARY: Until the recently filed court challenge to the Food and Drug Administration’s LDT rule succeeds or Congress intervenes with new legislation, those clinical laboratories performing laboratory developed tests (LDTs) must comply with the requirements of the new rule. This com…
LDT Rule Is Now a Fact! What Will Be Consequences?
TODAY, THE NEW RULE FOR REGULATION OF LABORATORY DEVELOPED TESTS …
Attorneys Assess Impact of FDA’s Final LDT Rule
CEO SUMMARY: Publication of the Food and Drug Administration’s final rule on laboratory developed tests (LDTs) is already causing some labs to consider withdrawing their existing LDTs because of compliance costs. Two experienced lab industry attorneys discuss aspects of the LDT rule and…
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Volume XXXII, No. 6 – April 21, 2025
Now that a federal judge has vacated the FDA’s LDT rule, The Dark Report analyzes the judgement and notes the various steps the FDA could take in response. Also, lab testing at pharmacies is proving to be less successful than was once anticipated.
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