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Unpacking Averages: Assessing FDA’s Performance Categorizing New Diagnostic Tests Under CLIA

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This month’s post focuses on how timely FDA decisions are in categorizing new diagnostics under the Clinical Laboratory Improvements Amendments of 1988 (CLIA). I use the word “may” there because the FDA data set is inadequate to support a firm conclusion. of that guidance, and FDA refers to these as “concurrent.”

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Unpacking Averages: Violations Found in Medical Device Warning Letters

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Most companies want to avoid FDA warning letters. To help medical device companies identify violations that might lead to a warning letter, this post will dive deeply into which specific types of violations are often found in warning letters that FDA issues. How does FDA define the terms used in this part? Background.

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Unpacking Averages: Device Inspection Citations That Frequently Precede Warning Letters

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We have just gone through an extraordinary two years where, in unprecedented fashion, FDA’s inspection process was essentially shut down. Further, from a warning letter standpoint, without inspection data, FDA focused in other compliance realms than it typically might. Just a short while ago FDA recommenced inspections.

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