Reduced options for air shipments of research mammals
Due activist pressure, UPS, FedEx, and DHL have affirmed that they will not transport any mammals by air freight. While these two carriers did not have a large volume…
Author: Matthew Tanner
NC3Rs 3Rs Prize Competition Open
The NC3Rs awards an annual prize for an original contribution to scientific and technological advances in the 3Rs in medical, biological or veterinary sciences published within the last three years.…
USDA AWIC Workshop – Meeting the Information Requirements of the Animal Welfare Act
The USDA Animal Welfare Information Center (AWIC) will host a workshop at the National Agricultural Library (NAL) in Beltsville, Maryland. This workshop will include a day and a half for…
50 years later, tragedy still offers lessons for research professionals
Harald F. Stock, PhD, Chief Executive Officer of Grünenthal GmbH – the German pharmaceutical company that developed thalidomide in the late 1950s – recently offered a public apology to those who were harmed by the…
Meeting the Information Requirements of the Animal Welfare Act: A Workshop
The Animal Welfare Information Center (AWIC) teaches a one and a half day workshop at the National Agricultural Library (NAL) in Beltsville, Maryland, for individuals who are responsible for providing…
Multi-Agency Informational Meeting Concerning Compliance With the Federal Select Agent Program; Public Webcast
Federal Register posting: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announces the notice of a public webcast concerning compliance with…
FDA announces permanent debarment orders for clinical trial misconduct
Today’s Federal Register announces the permanent debarment by FDA of two individuals who worked for the Lee Research Institute in Lenexa, KS, in response to felony convictions arising from clinical trial…
FDA and NIH funding in jeopardy
FDA and NIH could both face significant funding cuts if the executive branch is unable to reach an agreement with Congress on required spending cuts. At issue for FDA is…
Must, Should, and May as defined by OLAW
OLAW has published a notice (NOT-OD-12-148) providing guidance on review and reporting requirements for departures from the Eighth Edition of the Guide: OLAW defines a must statement as a minimum…
PI – “How is this going to make my life easier?”
Excellent question. As an electronic system, the InfoEd suite allows both PI’s and administrative staff to view in real time proposal and protocol information. In the case of protocols, there…