FDA Law Blog

JULY 8, 2021

Javitt — For many years, one of the most controversial topics in device regulation has been the dual-track oversight of in vitro diagnostics (IVDs) and laboratory developed tests (LDTs). The bill creates a new category, called In Vitro Clinical Tests (IVCTs), which encompasses both distributed IVD products and laboratory tests.

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FDA Law Blog

JUNE 14, 2021

Any change should be made by enacting new law, and not by Food and Drug Administration (FDA) administrative fiat. FDA argues that technological advances in LDTs necessitate FDA’s regulatory oversight pursuant to the Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FDCA). By Jeffrey K. It was all decided by administrative fiat.

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FDA Law Blog

APRIL 19, 2021

FDA , the Court of Appeals ruled that FDA cannot regulate a medical product – in this case, the radiographic contrast agent barium sulfate – as a drug when the product meets the definition of a device. Circuit rejected FDA’s claim that it could regulate, at its discretion, any medical device as a drug. Add one more to that tally.

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FDA Law Blog

JUNE 19, 2023

In the most recent Unified Agenda, which is a list of planned regulatory actions published semi-annually by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), FDA announced its intent to issue a proposed rule “to make explicit that laboratory developed tests (LDTs) are devices under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act.”

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Pfizer

DECEMBER 20, 2022

FDA Extends Review of Pfizer’s New Drug Application for PAXLOVID™. FDA Extends Review of Pfizer’s New Drug Application for PAXLOVID™. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has extended the review period for the New Drug Application (NDA) for its COVID-19 oral treatment, PAXLOVID™ (nirmatrelvir tablets and ritonavir tablets).

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Pfizer

DECEMBER 13, 2022

In June of 2022, Pfizer submitted a New Drug Application (NDA) to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for approval of PAXLOVID for patients who are at high risk of progression to severe disease from COVID-19. The target Prescription Drug User Fee Act (PDUFA) action date for a decision by the FDA is in February 2023.

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FDA Law Blog

OCTOBER 6, 2023

The crux of the proposed rule lies in the addition of ten words: “ including when the manufacturer of these products is a laboratory.” These words would be added to the definition of “ in vitro diagnostic [IVD] products” in 21 C.F.R. There is much to unpack, and we intend to do so in a series of blog posts.

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pharmaphorum

OCTOBER 4, 2022

On 27th September 2022, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued its final guidance for industry and FDA staff clinical decision support (CDS) software, which has been anticipated since the Center for Devices and Radiological Health (CDRH) listed the guidance as a top priority for fiscal year 2022. Criterion 1. Criterion 2.

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FDA Law Blog

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

Gibbs — For more than three decades, FDA has claimed that the Federal Food, Drug & Cosmetic (FD&C Act) gives the agency legal authority to regulate laboratory developed tests (LDTs) as medical devices (see our prior post here ).

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FDA Law Blog

FEBRUARY 4, 2024

The joint press release provides support for the adage that “opposites attract”; FDA claims broad authority to regulate LDTs notwithstanding its lack of statutory authority under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, while CMS disavows the clear authority over clinical laboratory testing with which it has long been imbued under CLIA.

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FDA Law Blog

MAY 17, 2021

You may recall that last summer (on August 19), the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) ordered the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to cease premarket review of laboratory developed tests (LDTs), including COVID?19 At the time, we wrote favorably about this move. Put bluntly, the review of COVID?19

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Pfizer

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

(NYSE: PFE) today announced an agreement with the European Commission (EC) to supply its COVID-19 oral therapy, PAXLOVID™ (nirmatrelvir [PF-07321332] tablets and ritonavir tablets) to countries participating in the Joint Procurement Agreement across Europe. This agreement will supply participating countries up to 3.4

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FDA Law Blog

MAY 17, 2021

Shapiro — You may recall that last summer (on August 19), the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) ordered the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to cease premarket review of laboratory developed tests (LDTs), including COVID?19 At the time, we wrote favorably about this move. Put bluntly, the review of COVID?19

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FDA Law Blog

OCTOBER 2, 2023

Two weeks ago, FDA published a draft of its latest drug development guidance explaining how drug and biological product developers can use this pathway to meet the statutory standard for efficacy. the Confirmatory Evidence Guidance, available here ) had appeared on CDER’s Guidance Agenda for the past three years.

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FDA Law Blog

OCTOBER 11, 2022

Valentine — As we begin the final quarter of 2022 and the leaves here on the east coast begin to turn and fall, it seems the clock may be running out on FDA and the Center for Drug Evaluation and Research (CDER) to meet its goal of publishing a draft guidance on confirmatory evidence this year.

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FDA Law Blog

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

To put it into perspective, these were the numbers (so far) for in vitro diagnostics EUAs: 304 molecular, 84 antibody, 51 antigen, and 5 other. Below, we provide a snapshot of the three-day event: Update on the International Medical Device Regulators Forum (IMDRF). In response, Ms. This includes EUAs and full marketing authorizations.

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