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Report on biosaftey labs in the developing world

Posted on May 31, 2012 by Matthew Tanner |

A recent conference entitled “Safe and Secure Biomaterials: Matching Resources to Reality”, on Thursday 17 May 2012 at the Chatham House (UK) presented researchers with a disturbing report regarding the…

CDC publishes MMWR Summary of Notifiable Diseases — United States, 2010

Posted on May 31, 2012 by Matthew Tanner |

The CDC has posted the latest Summary of Notifiable Diseases, which contains data for the year 2010. According to the CDC, “A notifiable disease is one for which regular, frequent, and…

Clarification of Position Statements on Implementation of the Guide

Posted on May 31, 2012 by Matthew Tanner |

OLAW has updated the original (December 2011) Position Statements on the 8th Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals, following an analysis of the public’s comments on their…

World’s first Stem cell drug treatment approved

Posted on May 31, 2012 by Matthew Tanner |

Osiris Therapeutics’s drug Prochymal (remestemcel-L), for acute graft-versus host disease (GvHD), has been approved for marketing by regulators in Canada. The “drug” is approved for suppressing the immune system in patients that…

OLAW Seminar: Grants Policy and Congruence

Posted on May 30, 2012 by Matthew Tanner |

From OLAW: Join us for a webinar: “Grants Policy and Congruence” on June 7, 2012 at 1:00 PM ET. Dr. Patricia Brown, OLAW Director, will discuss the requirements for assuring…

Need Ag Data Options? We (the USDA) Have You Covered from Beans to Sheep.

Posted on May 30, 2012 by Matthew Tanner |

From the USDA: In our never-ending quest to satisfy the agricultural community’s and general public’s thirst for information, USDA Market News is collaborating with data.gov to add custom reports to…

No More Clinical Trials?

Posted on May 11, 2012 by Matthew Tanner |

A clinical investigator in Florida suggests that clinical trial simulators could someday replace trials with real participants – at least to some extent. In an interview with MedCity News, Dr.…

Does InfoEd Support Social-Behavioral Research (SBR)?

Posted on May 8, 2012 by Matthew Tanner |

We’ve fielded this question during several recent product demonstrations and other interactions with prospective clients. The answer is, absolutely! The InfoEd Human Subjects module can support virtually any type of…

FDA Expands Scope of Clinical Investigator Disqualification

Posted on May 7, 2012 by Matthew Tanner |

FDA recently published a final rule amending 21 CFR 16, 312, 511 and 812. Under the new rule, which will become effective on May 30, 2012, a determination that a…

Primer on Nanotechnology

Posted on May 7, 2012 by Matthew Tanner |

The Congressional Research Service has released a report entitled, “Nanotechnology: A Policy Primer“. Detailed within are current areas of nanotechnology product research and development (with examples from private and public research)…