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New rules issued on November 7, 2017 by FDA will make it easier for companies to offer certain types of genetic tests directly-to-consumers (DTC), without a health-care provider intermediary.
The first rule exempts "autosomal recessive carrier screening gene mutation detection systems" that are offered DTC from FDA premarket review. FDA first proposed this exemption in 2015, on the same date as the agency issued a final order classifying these types of tests as Class II medical devices, in response to a request from 23andMe. The 2015 final rule specified the conditions under which ...
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