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Invitae’s in vitro diagnostic test that uses a blood sample to help detect hundreds of genetic variants associated with an elevated risk of developing certain cancers has received de novo marketing authorization by the FDA. Read More
As the 118th Congress continues, FDAnews will track important pending legislation to keep you updated on laws and regulations that could impact your business. Read More
Report alleges the company did not begin a formal investigation until 2019, nine years after the first complaints and three years after company tests showed problems. Read More
Citing a continued dramatic growth in the use of laboratory-developed tests (LDT) over the past two decades, the FDA Friday announced a proposed rule that would bring the tests under the agency’s purview, trying a new route to put to rest the decades-long debate over who should provide oversight. Read More
A government shut down as of midnight on Saturday — the end of the fiscal year — appears likely as partisan disagreements about federal discretionary spending rage on with no clear end in sight. Read More
Over the past week, the FDA issued final guidance on quality system considerations and content of premarket submissions for cybersecurity in medical devices. Draft guidances were issued on updating breakpoints in labeling antimicrobial susceptibility test system devices, an electronic submission template for De Novo medical device requests, and developing drugs and biologics for graft-versus-host diseases. Read More
The FDA has provided further direction on developing therapies for graft-versus-host diseases (GvHD), technical considerations for devices with physiologic closed-loop controls, electronic De Novo requests, and breakpoints in labeling for antimicrobial susceptibility test system devices, issuing four new guidances. Read More
Upcoming events in the coming weeks include five FDA advisory committee meetings as well as the GMP Quality Management vSummit, the WCG MAGI@Home Clinical Research Conference 2023, the 18th Annual Inspections vSummit and webinars from FDAnews, a WCG company, on calculating sample sizes for verification and validation activities, medical device counterfeiting and what to expect from the FDA in 2024. Read More