Association of Health Care Journalists: FDA to Regulate Lab-Developed Tests, Citing Safety Issues Raised by Journalists
July 03, 2024
July 03, 2024
COLUMBIA, Missouri, July 3 -- The Association of Health Care Journalists issued the following news:
Journalists will have new angles to pursue as the FDA begins to regulate laboratory-developed tests (LDTs), clinical analyses of human blood or tissue meant to detect diseases, conditions or infections. LDTs have sparked many news stories about the harms of poorly performing tests.
These articles contributed to a "growing body of evidence" that inaccurate LDTs t . . .
Journalists will have new angles to pursue as the FDA begins to regulate laboratory-developed tests (LDTs), clinical analyses of human blood or tissue meant to detect diseases, conditions or infections. LDTs have sparked many news stories about the harms of poorly performing tests.
These articles contributed to a "growing body of evidence" that inaccurate LDTs t . . .