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Scientists have long been perceived and portrayed in film as old people in white lab coats perched at a bench full of bubbling fluorescent liquids. The present-day reality is quite different. Scientists are increasingly data jockeys in hoodies sitting before monitors analyzing enormous amounts of data. Modern day labs are more likely composed of sterile rows of robots doing the manual handling of materials, and lab notebooks are now electronic in massive data centers holding vast quantities of information. Today, scientific input comes from data pulled from the cloud, with algorithms fueling scientific discovery the way bunsen burners once did. Read More
As the 118th Congress continues, FDAnews will track important pending legislation to keep you updated on regulations that could impact your business. Read More
None of the impacted lots were distributed through COVID.gov/tests - Free at-home COVID-19 tests or as part of other federal testing programs. Read More
The FDA is hoping lawmakers will pass proposed legislation giving the agency regulatory authority for in vitro clinical tests (IVCT) — a new product category that includes both laboratory-developed tests (LDT) and in vitro diagnostic (IVD) tests. Read More
Neuralink has succeeded in winning FDA authorization to conduct a first-in-human clinical trial of its implantable brain interface after being denied in 2022 over safety concerns. Read More
Over the past week, the FDA issued a notice of Abbott’s withdrawal of Cylert NDA, draft guidance on generally accepted scientific knowledge and final guidance on covariates in randomized clinical trials. Read More
The FDA issued four guidance documents on Thursday covering a variety of topics, including efficacy endpoints for antidiabetic drugs, adjusting for covariates in randomized clinical trials, electronic submission of study data and tissue containment systems used during power morcellation procedures.Read More
A medical school research team and a digital therapeutics firm in South Korea used deep learning (DL) models to detect and assess autism in videos of children as young as 24 months of age by measuring a set of behaviors called “joint attention.” Read More
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) has found against Longhorn Vaccines & Diagnostics for committing “egregious abuse” of the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) process during its review of Longhorn patent claims filed against Spectrum Solutions’ COVID-19 test. Read More
Integra LifeSciences has initiated a voluntary recall of all its products manufactured at its Boston facility for the past five years after discovering, through an internal investigation, that the products contained higher than acceptable levels of endotoxins. Read More