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Using AI to Predict Outcomes in FDA LDT Lawsuits
By R. Lewis Dark | From the Volume XXXII, No. 1 – January 6, 2025 Issue
Given the popular sentiment that artificial intelligence (A…
Top 10 Lab Stories for 2024 Reflect Important Trends
By Robert Michel | From the Volume XXXI, No. 17 – December 16, 2024 Issue
CEO SUMMARY: Most clinical laboratory managers will agree that the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) final rule to regulate laboratory developed tests (LDTs) is the biggest lab industry story for 2024. Every laboratory performing LDTs must now devote money and time to comply with the…
129,624 Genetic Tests in the United States
By R. Lewis Dark | From the Volume XXXI, No. 16 – November 25, 2024 Issue
REGULATION OF LABORATORY DEVELOPED TESTS (LDTs) by the federal Food and Drug Administratio…
Two Different LDT Lawsuits Combined in Federal Court
By Robert Michel | From the Volume XXXI, No. 16 – November 25, 2024 Issue
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 …
Hurdles Continue When Labs Request Genetic Test Coverage
By Virchow | From the Volume XXXI, No. 13 – September 23, 2024 Issue
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Assessing the Clinical Service & Revenue Issues of the LDT Rule
By Robert Michel | From the Volume XXXI, No. 12 – September 3, 2024 Issue
BARRING INTERVENTION BY FEDERAL COURTS OR THE U.S. Congress, clinical labo…
Unpacking the Surprises in the FDA LDT Rule
By R. Lewis Dark | From the Volume XXXI, No. 12 – September 3, 2024 Issue
THERE ARE NOW TWO LAWSUITS IN TWO DIFFERENT COURTS CHALL…
September 3, 2024, Intelligence: Late-Breaking Lab News
By Robert Michel | From the Volume XXXI, No. 12 – September 3, 2024 Issue
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 Tex…
Identifying Current Lab Trends from Labcorp & Quest Experience
By Robert Michel | From the Volume XXXI, No. 11 – August 12, 2024 Issue
CEO SUMMARY: Many different factors influence the operations of clinical laboratories in the United States today. One good source of competitive business intelligence is for lab administrators to follow the quarterly earnings calls of the nation’s two biggest public lab corporations. Wi…
What’s a Big Headwind for Labs? It’s the LDT Rule!
By R. Lewis Dark | From the Volume XXXI, No. 10 – July 22, 2024 Issue
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