Designing the Worst-Case Test to Get Best Case Results
To avoid delays in timelines, companies should develop IFU cleaning instructions with the worst-case clinical use and contamination method in mind.
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Diagnostics in High Demand During Pandemic, IVD Industry Expands Footprint in Asia
Fueled by an urgent need for diagnostic testing to respond to COVID-19, the in-vitro diagnostics market is experiencing explosive growth across Asia and around the globe.
Many Asian Countries Successful in Handling the Pandemic
These countries have been more successful with managing the virus than the United States and the European Union.
FDA’s Emergency Use Authorization Picking Up, Seven COVID-19 Tests Available
Diagnostic companies are hustling to increase availability of testing.
Theranos Gets Rid of 41% of Staff
The company is eliminating 155 positions.
Roche’s Zika PCR Test Wins FDA Emergency Use Authorization
The assay provides results in less than 3 hours.
CMS Slaps Theranos with Sanctions, Bans CEO from Running Labs
Agency sanctions include a monetary penalty and revocation of the lab’s CLIA certificate.
This Week’s Big Acquisition: Sterigenics Picks Up Nelson Laboratories
The deal creates the largest global sterilization and lab services operation.
Lab-Developed Tests vs In Vitro Diagnostics – Balancing patient safety, access, innovation, and commerce
On July 19 and 20, 2010, the Food and Drug Administration held a public meeting on regulatory oversight of laboratory-developed tests (LDTs). This is considered a major step in an ongoing debate on how best to handle two different, but often overlapping, sets of diagnostic tools in a manner that best serves patient safety and public health, while recognizing the realities of clinical practice and medical product development.
Stakeholder interest was intense. The original meeting space reached capacity and registration closed within two days, prompting FDA to shift the conference to a larger venue. Nearly 650 people attended, while 650 more watched via webcast. FDA’s sense of urgency on the matter was further suggested by the June 10 issuance of “it has come to our attention” letters to six genetic testing companies, followed by another 14 on the opening day of the conference itself.
What are the issues? Why the concern? What does it all mean, and where might the Agency go?
On July 19 and 20, 2010, the Food and Drug Administration held a public meeting on regulatory oversight of laboratory-developed tests (LDTs). This is considered a major step in an ongoing debate on how best to handle two different, but often overlapping, sets of diagnostic tools in a manner that best serves patient safety and public health, while recognizing the realities of clinical practice and medical product development.
Stakeholder interest was intense. The original meeting space reached capacity and registration closed within two days, prompting FDA to shift the conference to a larger venue. Nearly 650 people attended, while 650 more watched via webcast. FDA’s sense of urgency on the matter was further suggested by the June 10 issuance of “it has come to our attention” letters to six genetic testing companies, followed by another 14 on the opening day of the conference itself.
What are the issues? Why the concern? What does it all mean, and where might the Agency go?
