New FDA Policy On Diagnostics Studies “Fills A Big Gap,” CDRH Chief Says
This article was originally published in The Pink Sheet Daily
Executive Summary
The guidance “is intended to describe some statistically appropriate practices for reporting results from different studies evaluating diagnostic tests and identify some common inappropriate practices,” FDA states in the document.
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