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SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

July 2023 (Under OIRA Review) Medical Devices; Laboratory Developed Tests (Proposed Rule) 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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JUNE 16, 2023

Perhaps the most important addition to FDA’s agenda is a proposed rule intended to clarify that Laboratory Developed Tests (LDTs) are to be regulated as medical devices under the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act (FD&C Act). The rule, will also, if finalized, address communication with State boards of pharmacy.

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OCTOBER 27, 2023

Based on the results of its evaluation of nominated categories of drug products to date, as well as consultation with the Pharmacy Compounding Advisory Committee (PCAC), FDA is also proposing to include certain categories of drug products on these lists. The final rule will amend the administrative destruction provisions in 21 CFR 1.94

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DECEMBER 1, 2023

Comments on LDT Proposed Rule: On December 4, the comment period on the FDA’s Laboratory Developed Test proposed rule will close, and we will get a fuller picture of the extent to which the life sciences industry opposes the FDA’s proposal. Whatever the agency decides could result in new lawsuits or negative political attention.

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