CMS opened a national coverage determination for Exact Sciences Cologuard, the first stool-based colorectal cancer screening test on the same day FDA approved the test. This is the first simultaneous approval/coverage determination under FDA and CMS’ joint parallel review program.

Aker BioMarine seeks supplement firms to use its EPA/DHA innovation bound by lysophosphatidylcholine to enable the fatty acids to pass through the blood-brain and blood-retinal barriers and boost of eye and brain health benefits. It will submit an NDI notificaion in the US during 2022.

The Environmental Working Group and Scientific Analytical Institute say inadequate testing of talc-containing personal-care products is to blame for findings of asbestos in cosmetics, including three of 21 powder-based cosmetics SAI analyzed at EWG’s request. They continue to push for updated testing standards that include electron microscopy as a core component.