ACLA News
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ACLA Statement on CARES Act
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Following the release the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act this evening, ACLA President Julie Khani released the following statement: “For the third time, Congress has failed to provide the necessary funds to support ‘free testing’ for all Americans. Our members remain in an untenable situation, absorbing growing, uncompensated costs for testing specimens with no assurance that they will be appropriately or fairlyContinue Reading »... -
With Congress on its third financial relief package, policymakers fail to recognize critical role of labs
WASHINGTON, D.C. — As policymakers close in on a third financial relief package, ACLA President Julie Khani issued the following statement: “We are on the cusp of the U.S. Congress finalizing a third legislative financial relief package to address the coronavirus response. It is disappointing and alarming that Congress has not yet recognized the contributions of the lab industry and its response during this publicContinue Reading »... -
ACLA Statement on Senate COVID-19 Response Effort
WASHINGTON, D.C — Following the release of the latest Senate legislation in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, ACLA President Julie Khani released the following statement: “We are alarmed by the latest Senate proposal – it fails to clearly designate essential emergency funding for expanded testing capacity and laboratory operations. If this legislation moves forward, it would set up commercial laboratories to perform COVID-19 testing atContinue Reading »... -
Facing Unprecedented Demand for Testing, Clinical Labs Ask Congress for Surge Capacity Fund
WASHINGTON, D.C. — As commercial laboratories rapidly extend considerable resources to meet demand for COVID-19 testing, ACLA President Julie Khani sent a letter to congressional leadership seeking support from the federal government. “We are growing increasingly concerned that the federal government is not recognizing the strain on the laboratory industry to meet the demand for testing for COVID-19,” writes Khani. As policymakers consider measuresContinue Reading »... -
Statement on Recent FDA Actions To Expand COVID-19 Testing
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Following the FDA’s actions announced on March 16, ACLA President Julie Khani released the following statement: “The FDA’s guidance released on Saturday, February 29th cleared the regulatory hurdles to allow commercial labs to immediately begin testing patients as soon as test validation was complete, and our members began accepting specimens for testing less than a week later. The FDA has recently taken several positive steps toContinue Reading »... -
Commercial Labs Step Up Capacity, Collaborate With Public Health Partners To Respond To National Emergency
Commercial capacity is expected to exceed 20,000 tests per day nationwide by end of next week, 280,000 tests per week by April 1. WASHINGTON, D.C. – Commercial laboratories have stepped up to bring critical COVID-19 testing capacity to the U.S. health care system. Following the FDA’s guidance on February 29 that provided an accelerated path for commercial laboratories to perform COVID-19 testing, commercial laboratoriesContinue Reading »... -
Commercial Labs Announce Plans to Provide COVID-19 Testing
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The FDA’s latest guidance released over the weekend provided an accelerated path for high-complexity laboratories to support additional testing capacity in response to the COVID-19 outbreak. Prior to Saturday’s announcement, ACLA members were already working to develop novel tests for COVID-19. Additionally, we have been in close communication with public health agencies since January as part of our existing memorandum of understanding with the CDC, the Association of PublicContinue Reading »... -
ACLA Statement on the VALID Act of 2020
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Following the introduction of the Verifying Accurate Leading-edge IVCT Development Act of 2020, ACLA President Julie Khani issued the following statement: “ACLA and our member companies are focused on responding to the growing demand for COVID-19 testing capacity. In the coming days, ACLA will be reviewing the Verifying Accurate Leading-edge IVCT Development (VALID) Act of 2020 with our members and engaging withContinue Reading »... -
ACLA Statement on COVID-19 Testing
Following ongoing developments related to COVID-19 testing and response, included below is a statement from ACLA President Julie Khani following today’s meeting with the White House’s Coronavirus Task Force: “We appreciated the opportunity to meet with Vice President Pence and members of the White House’s Coronavirus Task Force this afternoon on the critical issues related to testing capacity. As an industry, clinical labs haveContinue Reading »... -
ACLA Designates Annual Meeting “Handshake-Free”
WASHINGTON, D.C. — In light of recent concerns about the spread of COVID-19 in the United States, the American Clinical Laboratory Association (ACLA) is encouraging attendees to go handshake-free at Wednesday’s Annual Meeting. “As leading voices within the clinical laboratory diagnostics community, attendees recognize the importance of aligning our practices with the industry’s core commitment to public health, the driving force that brings usContinue Reading »...
