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UK pharma scientist jailed over trial fraud

Posted on April 19, 2013 by Matthew Tanner |

From PharmaTimes Online (link): A UK-based pharma scientist has been sentenced to three months in prison for altering pre-clinical trial data designed to support applications to perform human trials. Steven Eaton was found guilty at Edinburgh Sheriff’s Court in March…

How Much Does Regulatory Compliance Cost?

Posted on April 15, 2013 by Damian Davini |

It is estimated that Universities in Australia spend $280 million a year on regulatory compliance and reporting to Federal and State Governments, according to a submission by Universities Australia published recently. In another report, from PhillipsKPA, it is estimated that…

Update on the 2013 AVMA Guidelines for Euthanasia

Posted on April 12, 2013 by Matthew Tanner |

The American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA) has released the “AVMA Guidelines for the Euthanasia of Animals: 2013 Edition” as an update to the 2007 Guidelines on Euthanasia. This is the 8th edition (1963, 1972, 1978, 1986, 1993, 2000, 2007 and…

You need What? When? – Faculty Researcher’s Administrative Workload

Posted on April 12, 2013 by Roger Wood |

Federally funded researchers in the US report that they spend nearly a quarter of their research time writing proposals and progress reports, with another 20% devoted to pre- and post-award administrative activities, leaving less than 60% of their “research time”…

Federal Register Notice on Implementation of the Updated AVMA Guidelines for the Euthanasia of Animals

Posted on March 22, 2013 by Matthew Tanner |

From OLAW: On March 22, 2013, the NIH published a Federal Register Notice on Implementation of the Updated American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA) Guidelines for the Euthanasia of Animals (FR Doc# 2013-06661 – PDF). This Notice provides guidance to Public…

GAO recommends joint efforts on Select Agent inspections

Posted on March 15, 2013 by Matthew Tanner |

Entire Report GAO Summary page: What GAO Found About 15 percent of entities registered to work with select agents were subject to inspection overlap (multiple federal agencies inspecting within a 2-year period). Entities experiencing overlap tended to be larger ones,…

Revenge of the Mice!

Posted on March 14, 2013 by Matthew Tanner |

This month’s InfoEdge article topic deals with a story widely reported in the national media. Within a few months, the US government, through the USDA, will drop an unknown number of dead neonatal mice (DNM) into the jungles of Guam. …

On the winds of Change…Opportunity

Posted on March 14, 2013 by InfoEd Global | 0 Comments

I recall several years ago getting ready to work on my first InfoEd implementation. I was hired to be this Regulatory Compliance /IT/Accreditation “Guy;” later affectionately dubbed the “InfoEd Guru.” It was my first time working with the software, yet…

PRIM&R Webinar: Overcoming Obstacles to Research with Pregnant Women

Posted on March 13, 2013 by Matthew Tanner | 0 Comments

From PRIM&R: Overview Pregnant women have historically been excluded from participation as subjects in biomedical research, but there is increasing recognition in the research community of the importance and of the vast potential benefits to allowing their participation. This webinar…

CDC releases MMWR on the National Assessment in Public Health, Enviornmental, and Agricultural Laboratories

Posted on March 7, 2013 by Matthew Tanner |

The CDC has released a Morbidity and Mortaliity Weekly Report (MMWR) entitled, “National Assessment of Capacity in Public Health, Environmental, and Agricultural Laboratories — United States, 2011” available here. The purpose of this assessment is stated as: “The main objectives…