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LDT Rule Vacated: FDA Backs Down, but Uncertainty Remains

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In December 2024, we published an alert highlighting the FDA’s final rule on Laboratory Developed Tests (LDTs) and the compliance countdown to May 2025. The rule, issued in May 2024, sought to phase out the agency’s...more

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Federal Court Strikes Down FDA Rule on LDTs - Thought Leaders in Health Law®

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On March 31, 2025, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas ruled that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) lacks the statutory authority to regulate laboratory-developed tests (LDTs). The court’s judgment...more

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FDA’s Backup LDT Enforcement Method: Specimen Collection Kits

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We have written at length about the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA’s) actions to promulgate regulations specifying the agency’s authority to regulate laboratory developed tests (LDTs) as medical devices and to phase...more

McDermott Will & Schulte

FDA Relaxes Critical Positions on Use of Scientific Information in Off-Label Communications

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On January 6, 2025, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) published final guidance titled “Communications From Firms to Health Care Providers Regarding Scientific Information on Unapproved Uses of Approved/Cleared Medical...more

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FDA Finalizes Guidance on Communication of Scientific Information on Unapproved Uses and Releases Updated First Amendment Analysis

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On January 7, 2025, FDA published a final guidance entitled Communications From Firms to Health Care Providers Regarding Scientific Information on Unapproved Uses of Approved/Cleared Medical Products - Questions and Answers...more

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The Past, Present, and Future of Government Regulation of Off-Label Communications – Part 1

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As 2017 began, FDA appeared poised to implement significant changes to the rules governing off-label communications related to drugs, biologics, and medical devices. The Agency had hosted a public hearing in November 2016 to...more

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