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Modernizing The Regulation of Laboratory Developed Tests (LDTs): Senator Rand Paul Identifies A Better Way Forward

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Shapiro — In our last post on Laboratory Developed Tests (LDTs) , we suggested that Congress, not FDA, should lead in directing modernization of LDT regulation. This step would help propel forward a public conversation (which CMS has already started ) about how to update these regulations in light of technological advances.

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HP&M is Pleased to Welcome Lisa Baumhardt (Senior Medical Device Regulation Expert) and Sophia Gaulkin (Associate) to the Firm

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Baumhardt , MS, MJ, MT(ASCP), RAC, FRAPS, has joined the firm as a Senior Medical Device Regulation Expert, and that Sophia Gaulkin has joined the firm as an Associate. Baumhardt provides counsel to medical device, in vitro diagnostic, and combination product manufacturers on a wide range of pre- and post-marketing regulatory topics.

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Big Win for HP&M Client: Court of Appeals Tells FDA to Regulate Barium Sulfate As a Device

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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. The decision has wide-ranging implications for FDA’s assertion of discretion in classifying and regulating medical products.

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New IFPMA and EFPIA guidance on use of social media by the pharmaceutical industry

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These risks have resulted in many companies being found in breach of self-regulatory codes, and a view that an increasingly narrow interpretation was being taken by authorities. What is the scope of the Guidance? Information on social media and digital channels should be kept up to date and date stamped, with the date posted or last updated.

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A Question 30 Years in the Making: Would a Final LDT Rule Withstand Judicial Scrutiny?

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Lenz, Principal Medical Device Regulation Expert & Sophia R. 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 ). Gaulkin & Jeffrey N.

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Proposed LDT Rule Raises Many Questions but Provides Few Answers

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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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Laboratory Developed Tests: Members of Congress Ask FDA to Do Their Job for Them

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In particular, these members of Congress seem to be requesting that HHS revive a dysfunctional (and probably unconstitutional ) approach to regulation of LDTs. Given this stated concern about test accuracy and validation, why are they only urging FDA to regulate COVID?19 At the time, we wrote favorably about this move. 19 LDTs again.