Wednesday, June 28, 2023

FDA Announces: Regulations about LDT's are Coming Very Soon

In a dry and brief federal regulations announcement, FDA has formally announced that it plans to issue regulations about LDTs, lab developed tests, very soon.   

Expect proposed regulations by August 2023.

Read more about it at Reginfo.gov.

https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/eAgendaViewRule?pubId=202304&RIN=0910-AI85

HHS/FDARIN: 0910-AI85Publication ID: Spring 2023 
Title: ●Medical Devices; Laboratory Developed Tests 
Abstract:

This proposed rule would propose to amend the Food and Drug Administration’s regulations to make explicit that laboratory developed tests (LDTs) are devices under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act.


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In the Trump era there were HHS  memos that FDA could not regulate LDTs; see Topic #1 at a 2021 blog and see "ZIP" file there.