HHS Blocks FDA From Requiring Premarket Review of Laboratory-Developed Tests Without Rulemaking

Dennis Tosh
September 2, 2020 at 12:48 PM EST
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The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Aug. 19 announced a policy aimed at restricting the FDA’s regulation of laboratory-developed tests (LDTs) — in vitro diagnostic (IVD) tests that are designed, manufactured and used within a single laboratory. Under the policy, the FDA cannot require premarket review of LDTs “absent notice-and-comment rulemaking, as opposed to ... Read More