Feb 26, 2009
By:
Maribel Rios
The US Food and Drug Administration has released a draft guidance for industry entitled Influenza: Developing Drugs for Treatment and/or Prophylaxis.
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Feb 19, 2009
By:
Maribel Rios
After two years of hearings, more than 5000 pages of expert testimonies, and 939 medical articles, a special federal court ruled that there was little, if any, evidence to support the claim that substances in the measles, mumps, and rubella vaccine (including the use of thimerosal) had led to the autism of three children.
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Feb 12, 2009
By:
Maribel Rios
Congressman John D. Dingell (D-MI) introduced HR 759, known as the Food and Drug Globalization Act of 2009, which would amend the Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to address food, drug, and device safety, including registration of producers of drugs and applicable fees, documentation for admissibility of drug imports, country of origin labeling, and the inspection of producers of drugs and active pharmaceutical ingredients (API).
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Feb 5, 2009
By:
Maribel Rios
The US Pharmacopeial (USP) Convention has announced new standards for heparin and glycerin.
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USP <231> Heavy Metals is transitioning toward the incorporation of modern quantitative technologies, but there is still much to be resolved.
Feb 2, 2009
By:
Maribel Rios
USP <231> Heavy Metals is transitioning toward the incorporation of modern quantitative technologies, but there is still much to be resolved.
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Jan 29, 2009
By:
Maribel Rios
Senators Chuck Grassley (R-IA) and Herb Kohl (D-WI) have introduced S. 301, known as the Physician Payments Sunshine Act of 2009 to the 111th Congress.
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Jan 22, 2009
By:
Maribel Rios
Eli Lilly and Company has reached resolution regarding its previously reported government investigation into the company's US marketing and promotional practices for "Zyrexa" (olanzapine), an antipsychotic drug, thereby ending a government investigation started in 2004.
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Jan 15, 2009
By:
Maribel Rios
A draft guidance for industry titled "Good Importer Practices" has been released to provide importers guidance on the steps they can take to help ensure imported products comply with the relevant statues and regulations of the United States throughout a product's lifecycle.
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Jan 8, 2009
By:
Maribel Rios
Michigan State University researchers have discovered a technique for viewing whole cells to gain an understanding of protein inclusion bodies.
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