Palmetto GBA, a Medicare administrative contractor that assesses molecular diagnostic technologies, has issued a draft local coverage determination for the Oncotype DXGenomic Prostate Score issued a draft LCD that recommends Medicare coverage for use of the test in qualified patients with favorable intermediate-risk prostate cancer.
Last week, Richard Pazdur was named to the position of director of FDA’s Center for Drug Evaluation and Research. Much has been written about how Pazdur, with nearly a three-decade long career at the agency, represents a stabilizing choice for FDA as it faces inner and outer turmoil.
