FDA Maps Out Novel Path For NGS Market Access
This article was originally published in The Gray Sheet
Executive Summary
FDA Commissioner Robert Califf says the agency has worked with NIH and other experts as part of President Obama's Precision Medicine Initiative to map out a new regulatory framework for next-generation sequencing. He said two new draft guidances are meant to help get such tests to market sooner without requiring developers to validate individual genetic variations.
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