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With LDT Rule Vacated, Labs Await FDA Retort
By Robert Michel | From the Volume XXXII, No. 6 – April 21, 2025 Issue
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…
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…
What if Congress Chooses to Pass an LDT-Specific Law?
By Robert Michel | From the Volume XXXI, No. 8 – June 10, 2024 Issue
CONGRESS HAS YET TO SPEAK SPECIFICALLY ON THE ISSUE of regulating laboratory developed test…
Congressional Subcommittee Hears Testimony on FDA LDT Rule
By Robert Michel | From the Volume XXXI, No. 6 – April 29, 2024 Issue
DURING A MARCH 21 HEARING CONVENED by the U.S. House Energy and Commerce Subcommitt…
FDA Issues Memo to Reclassify Many High Risk IVD Assays
By Robert Michel | From the Volume XXXI, No. 5 – April 8, 2024 Issue
WAS IT AN EXPECTED FLOOD OF APPLICATIONS TO REVIEW laboratory de…
FDA & CMS Issue Letter, Agree on LDT Oversight
By Robert Michel | From the Volume XXXI, No. 2 – February 5, 2024 Issue
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…
FDA Has a Ticking Time Bomb with LDT Rule
PROPOSED REGULATION OF LABORATORY DEVELOPED TESTS (LDTs)…
2024: Year of Decision for FDA Regulation of LDTs
By R. Lewis Dark | From the Volume XXX, Number 18 – December 26, 2023 Issue
FOR OFFICIALS AT THE FEDERAL FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION…
Two Forces Push for More FDA Oversight of LDTs
By R. Lewis Dark | From the Volume XXX, No. 14 – October 2, 2023 Issue
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…
FDA’s Road to Regulation of Lab Developed Tests
By Robert Michel | From the Volume XXX, No. 14 – October 2, 2023 Issue
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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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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