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NIH, Lilly to Collaborate on Drug Discovery Resource

Posted on March 21, 2012 by Matthew Tanner |

NIH’s National Center for Advancing Translational Science (NCATS) announced last week that it will partner with Lilly Research Laboratories, a division of Eli Lilly and Co., to screen the NCATS…

Stop by and see us at the PRIM&R IACUC Conference, Booth 106

Posted on March 20, 2012 by Matthew Tanner |

Stop by and see us at Booth 106, at the PRIM&R IACUC Conference!

Updated Guidance on IRB Continuing Review

Posted on March 20, 2012 by Matthew Tanner |

FDA recently issued a new procedural guidance on IRB continuing review of previously approved research. Finalized in February 2012, this guidance supersedes the 1998 Information Sheet guidance on continuing review…

Call for Synthetic Biology Oversight

Posted on March 14, 2012 by Matthew Tanner |

A recent report published by the Friends of the Earth (FOE) calls for a “moratorium on the release and commercial use of synthetic organisms and products”. See the press release…

3rd International Conference on Stem Cell Engineering (ICSCE)

Posted on March 13, 2012 by Matthew Tanner |

The Society for Biological Engineering (SBE) and the International Society for Stem Cell Research (ISSCR) will co-organize the 3rd International Conference on Stem Cell Engineering (ICSCE) which will take place from…

Rethinking the role of the Recombinant DNA Advisory Committee (RAC).

Posted on March 12, 2012 by Matthew Tanner |

The American Society of Gene & Cell Therapy (ASGCT) has sent a letter to the Director of the NIH Office of Biotechnology Activities (OBA) recommending that clinical trials involving the…

Using InfoEd to Enhance Clinical Trial Billing Compliance

Posted on March 12, 2012 by Matthew Tanner |

Medicare and Medicaid fraud have been in the spotlight lately, with news of the indictment of Dr. Jacques Roy and six others in an alleged scheme that cost taxpayers almost…

Deficiency reporting case study, What would you do?

Posted on March 10, 2012 by Matthew Tanner |

The March issue of Lab Animal contains a “Commentary on Lab Animal Protocol Review” column, and this month’s thought-provoking case study is entitled, “Disagreement between IO and IACUC“. The case…

Change in Criteria for Renewal of Animal Welfare Assurances for Foreign Institutions

Posted on March 9, 2012 by Matthew Tanner |

A Notice (NOT-OD-12-081) was published March 8th, 2012, informing Public Health Service (PHS) grantee institutions of a change in the criteria for renewing the Animal Welfare Assurance for Foreign Institutions (Foreign…

IDSA statement before House Committee on Energy and Commerce’s Subcommittee on Health

Posted on March 9, 2012 by Matthew Tanner |

The Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) read a statement before the House Committee on Energy and Commerce’s Subcommittee on Health today entitled, “Promoting Anti-Infective Development and Antimicrobial Stewardship through the…