FDA-Backed Tumor Mutation Database Gives Diagnostics Developers Another Premarket Submission Tool
Executive Summary
The US FDA on 7 October recognized a portion of the Oncology Knowledge Base, or OncoKB, which test makers can use as they work to complete premarket submissions. It’s the first database of somatic variants in cancer to be listed in the agency’s Public Human Genetic Variant Databases.
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