Stakeholder input on FDA's draft Rx/Dx codevelopment guidance signals that precision medicine is actually developed differently than the agency wants it to be.
The FDA approved a slew of new drugs with companion and complementary tests, but the most talked about event was its decision to delay final guidance on LDTs.
The annual list includes guidelines that would clarify regulations for garnering premarket approval or clearance of devices and diagnostics, particularly next-generation sequencing tests.
The guidance may be dead, but the issues underlying the controversy aren't, according to Gibbs, who said the agency can still take enforcement action against specific tests.
Despite a negative initial reaction to the guidelines from some stakeholders, the agency wants feedback on the draft proposals and will hold another workshop to discuss them.
Responding to initial criticism of the draft guidelines on NGS testing, Mansfield emphasized that the documents are not final and assured that the agency will continue to listen to stakeholders.
Yale Environment 360 writes that synthetic and conservation biologists aren't always on the same wavelength, but they are trying to reach an understanding.
