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Remote Patient Testing Faces a Cloudy Future under VALID

FDA Law Blog

Although on its face the restriction applies to LDTs, collection device manufacturers could, as a consequence, effectively be precluded from continuing to market their specimen collection devices to labs offering LDTs which enable home collection unless they first obtain authorization specifically for home collection.

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Out At Home: FDA’s Vocal Support of Home Testing but Reluctance to Clear Novel OTC Home Tests

FDA Law Blog

To obtain clearance of an OTC home IVD, a sponsor must provide the usual suite of analytical and clinical validation that would be required for any IVD, demonstrating adequate repeatability, stability, sensitivity, specificity, and so on. seeking treatment). This makes seeking clearance of an OTC home test a risky business endeavor.

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Infrastructure Bill Set to Delay Trump-era Rebate Rule to Raise Cash

FDA Law Blog

Although the bipartisan bill largely deals with the nation’s transportation infrastructure, Section 90006 delays the so-called “rebate rule,” a Trump-era rule finalized by the Office of the Inspector General (OIG) of the U.S. See 42 C.F.R. 1001.952(h). See bipartisan bill summary at 5.