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FDA Issues Memo to Reclassify Many High Risk IVD Assays

WAS IT AN EXPECTED FLOOD OF APPLICATIONS TO REVIEW laboratory de…

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Labcorp, Quest Diagnostics Discuss Q4 & 2023 Earnings

DURING RECENT EARNINGS CALLS WITH FINANCIAL ANALYSTS AND INVESTORS, both Labcorp and Quest Diagnostics discussed their fourth quarter (Q4) and full year 2023 financial results. Each reported some stability in the market for clinical laboratory testing services, reflected in the numbe…

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FDA & CMS Issue Letter, Agree on LDT Oversight

CEO SUMMARY: With the release of a public statement about the oversight of LDTs on Jan. 24, 2024, officials at both the Food and Drug Adminstration and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Service went on record that both agencies are aligned in the spec…

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2024: Year of Decision for FDA Regulation of LDTs

FOR OFFICIALS AT THE FEDERAL FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION…

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Two Forces Push for More FDA Oversight of LDTs

CLINICAL AND GENETIC TESTING LABS MAY SUDDENLY FEEL THEMSELVES STUCK IN THE MIDDLE of a yin-yang situation when it comes to laboratory developed tests (LDTs). One force, the U.S. Food and Drug Administrati…

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FDA’s Road to Regulation of Lab Developed Tests

CEO SUMMARY: Today’s generation of clinical lab managers and pathologists should understand that the FDA’s efforts to publish a draft rule defining its authority to review laboratory developed tests (LD…

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FDA Expected to Publish Proposed LDT Rule in August

CEO SUMMARY: Congressional lawmakers and the federal Food and Drug Administration are again eyeing changes that would bring greater oversight to laboratory-developed tests (LDTs). Leaders at clinical laboratories and pathology groups should monitor these proposals, both of which c…

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What’s Next in 2023 for Clinical Laboratories?

AS YOU OPEN THIS ISSUE OF THE DARK REPORT, in New Orleans, about 900 senior lab administrators, executives, and pathologists will be gathered at the 28th annual Executive War College on …

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March 6, 2023, Intelligence: Late-Breaking Lab News

Since Congress did not include new regulations for laboratory-developed tests (LDTs) in a year-end spending budget, it appears the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) will take steps of its own to increase the agency’s oversight of LDTs. “We are moving forward with rulemaking,” said Eliza…

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January 3, 2023, Intelligence: Late-Breaking Lab News

At the moment, it appears that the controversial Verifying Accurate Leading-edge IVCT Development (VALID) Act will have a hard time passing in Congress. The bill, which is intended to shift regulation of laboratory-developed tests (LDTs) to the federal Food and Drug Administration…

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