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ARTICLE | Politics & Policy

FDA releases genomic testing guidances to support PMI

July 7, 2016 12:29 AM UTC

FDA Commissioner Robert Califf outlined two draft guidance documents addressing regulatory approval of next-generation sequencing (NGS)-based diagnostics. The guidances were presented as part of an update on the White House's Precision Medicine Initiative, which is recruiting a cohort of 1 million volunteers for a longitudinal research study.

The first guidance, titled "Use of Standards in FDA's Regulatory Oversight of Next Generation Sequencing (NGS)-based In Vitro Diagnostics (IVDs) Used for Diagnosing Germline Diseases," describes FDA-recognized standards to demonstrate test accuracy and provides recommendations for designing, developing and validating NGS-based tests for hereditary diseases. ...