CLIA Waiver Study Guidelines Simplified By US FDA In Latest Revisions
Executive Summary
FDA took the unusual step of issuing a second round of draft guidance documents in its effort to refine requirements for diagnostics companies seeking a CLIA waiver to allow point-of-care use of a test. The revised drafts are simplified compared to November 2017 versions, and they appear to line up more closely with industry arguments about what is needed to demonstrate "accuracy" in this context.
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