Q&A: Unpacking The Latest VALID Act For Diagnostics

Covington & Burling partner Scott Danzis tells Medtech Insight why diagnostics developers and labs should keep an eye on the third iteration of the Verifying Accurate, Leading-edge IVCT Development (VALID) Act – reintroduced in the US Senate on 24 June – and why the bill has a better shot at becoming law this time.

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Developers and laboratories that make diagnostic tests would be wise to engage with legislation reintroduced in the US Congress on 24 June that would create a new regulatory framework for the products.

That’s the message from Scott Danzis, a partner in the Washington, DC, office of the law firm Covington & Burling,...

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