Diagnostics Pipeline: Startup Women’s Health Lab Receives $4M in Federal Grants
The grants, which include $3 million from the NIH and $1 million from the NSF, will help the company develop point-of-care tests
The grants, which include $3 million from the NIH and $1 million from the NSF, will help the company develop point-of-care tests
The FDA is adding International Organization for Standardization (ISO) guidelines to its “good manufacturing” requirements
Such assays rely more on imaging and computer power than tissue samples to make diagnoses.
Once confined to areas such as pregnancy testing, these assays can now be used to detect STIs and other health issues.
Approval for OTC use of a urine drug test that can be performed by non-CLIA facilities could help expand accessibility, expert says.
Debate is underway on whether current CLIA review of LDTs properly assesses a test’s likelihood to detect diseases.
The changes proposed in three new draft guidances aim to speed up the process and place less emphasis on older predicate products.
With recent test recalls announced by Universal Medtech and QuidelOrtho, such products now make up one-third of 2023 total recalls listed by the FDA.
The agency recently sent its own proposed LDTs regulation rule to the White House Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs for review.
New program aims to provide greater transparency on the recommended performance characteristics of such tests.
The agency recently announced it will decide in December whether to grant clearance for a CRISPR therapy for treating sickle cell disease.