USDA and APHIS, Happy Anniversary!
This year marks the 150th anniversary of the USDA and the 40th of APHIS (Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service). A successor of the Bureau of Plant Industry in 1972,…
Author: Matthew Tanner
FDA Webinar on Safety Data Collection
FDA recently held a public webinar to discuss its draft guidance recommending targeted safety data collection in certain drug trials. The presentation and slides are now available on FDA’s website. According…
1000 Genomes In the Cloud
On March 29th, NIH and Amazon Web Services jointly announced the public availability of the 1000 Genomes data set, which will ultimately include data from over 2600 samples and is being…
Oversight of Life Sciences Dual Use Research of Concern
The US government recently released a document entitled, “United States Government Policy for Oversight of Life Sciences Dual Use Research of Concern“, available on the NIH Office of Biotechnology Activities…
THREE I’s Harmonization Conference
THREE I’s Harmonization Conference – Bioethics and Biosecurity Tempe Mission Palms Hotel, 60 East Fifth Street, Tempe, Arizona 85281,Tempe, AZ IACUCs, IBCs & IRBs Facing Tough Challenges & Finding New…
Health IT Gaining Traction
Healthcare professionals are sold on the clinical benefits of health IT tools such as clinical decision support, e-prescribing, telemedicine and electronic health records (EHRs) – when they work well and…
Legislation Introduced to Require Unique Medical Device Identifiers
Implanted medical devices would require unique numerical identifiers under new legislation proposed by a group of US senators. A UDI program created almost 5 years ago has yet to be…
Research Site Survey Highlights Challenges of Conducting Clinical Trials
According to a survey conducted in December 2011 by Clinical Research Site Training, conflicts with clinical practice are the primary reason investigators stop conducting research studies. Unprofitable trials are another…
World TB Day
Tempting as it might be to think of tuberculosis (TB) as a disease of history, the World Health Organization estimates that 1.45 million people died of TB in 2010. Up…
Medication Nonadherence in Clinical Trials
Does noncompliance by clinical trial participants put future patients at risk? The Consumer Health Information Corporation says there might be a link between participant nonadherence and postmarketing safety issues. According…