Patient Advocacy Groups Pressure US Lawmakers To Pass VALID Act For Diagnostics Regulation
Executive Summary
The Verifying Accurate, Leading-edge IVCT Development (VALID) Act is the “most comprehensive reform effort to date” for diagnostic tests, a group of 18 patient advocacy organizations has told Congress.
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