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Balancing Innovation and Risk in the US Medical Device Industry

Posted on February 27, 2012 by Matthew Tanner |

Is the medical device industry’s political and regulatory agenda at odds with the needs of patients? That’s one of the questions explored in an article published late last week by the Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune. The benefits cited by proponents…

Free Dangerous Goods Training for Clinical Trial Sites

Posted on February 27, 2012 by Matthew Tanner |

It can be challenging for independent investigators to access all of the training they need to participate in clinical trials. Mayo Medical Laboratories offers an online course that may help research personnel satisfy training requirements for the shipment of medical…

NIH Provides Funding Distribution by Disease or Condition

Posted on February 27, 2012 by Roger Wood | 477 Comments

NIH has posted their estimated funding amounts distribution since FY 2008 and projected through FY 2013 here. They have broken the funding down into 233 distinct categories, and include a distinction between ARRA and non-ARRA funding. It is important to…

Clinical Trial Contracts and Budgets More Challenging Than Recruitment

Posted on February 27, 2012 by Matthew Tanner |

Trial sites may go as long as five months without being paid for their work on industry-sponsored clinical trials, according to a recent article in Bio-IT World. Just over half of sponsor payments were still being made on a quarterly…

OMB Rocks US Research Administration Boat

Posted on February 25, 2012 by Roger Wood |

Early next week, OMB is expected to publish an Advance Notice of Proposed Guidance in the Federal Register to solicit public comment on several ideas focused on increasing the effectiveness and efficiency of Federal programs by eliminating unnecessary and duplicative…

NIH Public Hearing Announcement – Infectious Disease Research Lab

Posted on February 24, 2012 by Roger Wood |

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) awarded a construction grant to Boston University Medical Campus to partly fund the design and construction of one of two National Biocontainment Laboratories. These advanced biomedical research laboratories are essential to the civilian biodefense…

Advisory regarding engineered H5N1 by the Public Health Agency of Canada

Posted on February 24, 2012 by Matthew Tanner |

The Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) posted an advisory regarding requirements for all research labs with efficiently transmissible, engineered H5N1 virus. All virus of this type is now categorized as a Risk Group 4 human pathogen (highest level) and…

USDA AWIC: Meeting the Information Requirements of the Animal Welfare Act: A Workshop

Posted on February 21, 2012 by Matthew Tanner |

From AWIC: The USDA 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 information to meet the requirements of the…

OLAW Webinar: Use of Non-Pharmaceutical-Grade Chemicals and Other Substances in Research with Animals

Posted on February 21, 2012 by Matthew Tanner |

An OLAW webinar will be held on March 1, 2012 at 1:00 PM ET, entitled “Use of Non-Pharmaceutical-Grade Chemicals and Other Substances in Research with Animals”. Presenters will be Patricia Brown, VMD, MS, DACLAM, OLAW, NIH, Carol Clarke, DVM, DACLAM, Animal…

Rare Disease Day Events

Posted on February 21, 2012 by Matthew Tanner |

NIH will host its fifth annual Rare Disease Day on February 29, 2012. FDA’s Rare Disease Patient Advocacy Day is set for March 1st. The purpose of both events is to draw attention to disorders and conditions that affect relatively…