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As 2024 Closed, FDA Issued a Proposed Rule on Asbestos Testing; Implementation of MoCRA Remains Much Slower Than Planned

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29, 2023), a regulation for fragrance allergen labeling (statutory deadline for proposed rule June 29, 2024); and good manufacturing practice regulations (statutory deadline for proposed rule Dec. If FDA meets those deadlines, 2025 will be a busy year for both FDA and industry. Just on the cusp of 2024, on Dec.

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FDA Hosts Webinar for Stage 1 Requirements under LDT Final Rule

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MDR FDA discussed a few preliminary steps that it says laboratories should take prepare for submitting MDRs as medical device manufacturers. SCG : Modified version of another manufacturer’s FDA-authorized test within scope described in preamble to LDT Final Rule. SCH : LDT, approved by NYS CLEP. It should be noted that 21 CFR 803.18(b)(1)(ii)

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CMS Finalizes Guidance on Medicare Part D Manufacturer Discount Program

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As part of this change, the Coverage Gap Discount Program (CGDP), a program that has existed since 2011, will sunset on December 31, 2024, and be replaced by the Medicare Part D Manufacturer Discount Program (the “Discount Program”). CMS will send the final manufacturer invoice for discount liabilities accrued by then on April 30, 2028.

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Less than Meets the Eye: LDT Small Entity Compliance Guide Adds Little Insight

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Laboratories struggling to understand the myriad implications of being regulated as device “manufacturers” were hopeful that additional guidance would shed light on how to apply FDA’s existing medical device regulatory framework to their operations. 803), Reporting of Corrections and Removals (21 C.F.R. § 806) and Complaint Files (21 C.F.R.

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DEA Cranks Out Updated Special Surveillance List and Proposed Regulatory Actions

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Special Surveillance List of Chemicals, Products, Materials and Equipment Used in the Manufacture of Controlled Substances and Listed Chemicals, 90 Fed. 23,711 (June 4, 2025). We think that the agency will revise and update the list more frequently as clandestine manufacturing trends require. 23,483 (June 3, 2025).

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Gone in a Puff of Smoke? FDA’s Proposed Rule on Maximum Nicotine Levels

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Clissold During the final week of the Biden administration, on January 15, 2025, FDA issued a proposed rule that, if finalized, would establish a maximum nicotine level in cigarettes and other combusted tobacco products, including most cigars and pipes, through its authority under Section 907 of the FD&C Act to adopt tobacco product standards.