Q&A: Unpacking The Latest VALID Act For Diagnostics
Executive Summary
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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