Category: Regulations
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Ships Are Becoming Safer With Technology
Here are just several big technological developments in safety that future ships may depend on.
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Blockchain and Science, Not Ready for Prime Time
A panel of data and behavioral scientists envision great potential for blockchain in science, but show few cases of blockchain in use today among researchers.
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FDA Approves 25 Precision Meds in 2018
An organization advocating for medicines addressing a person’s unique chemical composition rather than disease symptoms says U.S. regulators approved 25 of those drugs in 2018.
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Blockchain Manufacturing Model Described
A report from the U.S. government’s standards agency offers a model for using blockchain, a distributed transaction process, to secure transmissions in smart manufacturing systems.
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Insulin Delivered by Capsule, That’s the Good News
Before we start celebrating the end of injections, we need to deal with a more basic problem facing people with diabetes, namely the rapidly rising cost of insulin.
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Trial Testing Vaginal Ring, PrEP in Teens, Young Women
A clinical trial is underway testing use and preferences for drugs or a medical device to prevent HIV infection among young women and teenage girls in Africa.
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Book Review – The Fifth Risk
Michael Lewis describes in a gripping narrative some of those critical life-protecting functions the federal government performs in his new book The Fifth Risk.
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Shutdown Delays FDA Peanut Allergy Drug Review
Regulatory review of a drug to prevent allergic reactions to peanuts appears to be delayed by the shutdown of some U.S. government operations.
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AI, Wearables Posing Health Privacy Risks
An analysis shows artificial intelligence algorithms can connect Americans’ activity tracking data to to their individual private medical information.
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Duchenne Stem Cell Trial Halted
A clinical trial testing stem cell treatments for symptoms of Duchenne muscular dystrophy is on hold after a patient reported a severe reaction.