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FDA Hosts Webinar for Stage 1 Requirements under LDT Final Rule

FDA Law Blog

Instead, we focus here on the few notable statements that provide new or more detailed guidance than FDA has previously offered. Prior to February 2, 2026, FDA also said that it does not intend to enforce complaint requirements under 21 CFR 820.198 for developers that are already in compliance with the complaint requirements under ISO 13485.

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CMS Finalizes Guidance on Medicare Part D Manufacturer Discount Program

FDA Law Blog

On November 17th, CMS issued its final guidance on the Discount Program in which it responded to public comments and provided updated guidance for the Discount Program for 2025 and 2026. Below, we provide a high-level summary of the Final Guidance, focusing on the legal and regulatory updates from the May 2023 draft guidance.

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

FDA Law Blog

To be sure, Table 2 provides a handy visual of the categories of LDTs, the timeline for phaseout, and the scope of enforcement discretion for each test category. However, the guidance provides no new information on how FDA expects laboratories to implement these new requirements.

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This Thanksgiving, Be Thankful for Family and Food(borne Illness Prevention)

FDA Law Blog

Entities covered under the final rule must maintain and provide to their supply chain partners certain Key Data Elements (KDEs) for Critical Tracking Events (CTEs) throughout the supply chain. FDA will hold a webinar to provide an in-depth overview of the final rule and Q&A on Dec. 7, 2022 at 1 p.m.

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What RFK Jr. Isn’t Talking About: How To Make Vaccines Safer

Physician's Weekly

The HHS budget proposal for fiscal year 2026 makes no mention of vaccine safety programs. CDC vaccine safety officer Robert Chen built on VAERS to create the Vaccine Safety Datalink, which looks for evidence of vaccine harms in electronic health records. As of June 5, a patient group she leads had provided $1.2 The current U.S.