The US FDA on 29 February issued a new guidance giving the OK to labs with pending COVID-19 laboratory-developed tests (LDTs) to use them while they await the agency’s approval under Emergency Use Authorization. The agency issued the guidance quickly, taking the unusual step of forgoing a public comment period.
The US Food and Drug Administration issued a new guidance on 29 February giving the OK to labs with pending COVID-19 laboratory-developed tests (LDTs) to use them while they await the agency’s approval under its Emergency Use Authorization (EUA).
The agency’s new coronavirus test policy – in the form of Immediately in Effect FDA Guidance for Clinical Labs...
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16 June marked the first major new regulatory instrument in the UK’s post-Brexit transition to a standalone device regulatory system for Great Britain.
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Ahead of the 11 June UK spending review and its anticipated funding uplift for healthcare and life sciences, the MHRA announced an expansion of its digital expertise by creating a dedicated hub in Leeds, a renowned center of medtech excellence.
EU countermeasures against US tariffs suggest medtech categories exported to the EU could be targeted for tariffs. MedTech Europe and the German IVDs industry have stressed the negative effects this would have on patient care.
Innovative Healthcare is asking for a permanent injunction against Johnson & Johnson subsidiary Biosense Webster after winning a $442 million antitrust verdict. The injunction aims to prevent continued anticompetitive practices in the electrophysiology catheter market.
16 June marked the first major new regulatory instrument in the UK’s post-Brexit transition to a standalone device regulatory system for Great Britain.
