US FDA Gives More Time For Public Response To NGS Microbial Identification Guidance
Executive Summary
To give stakeholders more time to respond, FDA has extended its comment period on a draft guidance that addresses next-generation sequencing tests that are used to detect microbes and antimicrobial resistance.
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