Category: Regulations
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Trial Shows Antibiotic More Effective Against Crohn’s Disease
Early results from a clinical trial show an experimental antibiotic drug helps more people achieve remission of their Crohn’s disease for longer periods than a similar group given a placebo.
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Technique Assessed for Comparing Effectiveness Between Drugs
An academic-industry research team validated a statistical technique to evaluate the effectiveness of different drugs treating the same disease, without conducting separate head-to-head clinical trials.
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Infographic – U.S. Smoking Rate Hits New Low
These data show fewer than 1 in 6 Americans, or 16 percent, smoked a cigarette in the past week.
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More Damage Detected from Crispr-Cas9 Edits
A genetics lab in the U.K. revealed that a leading technique for editing genomes produces more unwanted damage to the edited genomes than previously understood.
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FDA Issues Draft Gene Therapy Regulatory Guidance
FDA issued a series of draft documents spelling out its processes for reviewing gene therapies for three types of diseases, as well as producing and testing these treatments.
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Apps Seen Over-Diagnosing Mental Health Conditions
A study of leading mobile apps for mental health indicates many apps promote their use with misleading guidance to individuals on the extent and seriousness of psychological conditions.
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FDA Reviewers Found Accepting Industry Payments After Drug Approvals
A new report finds a large percentage of panel members that review drug applications for the Food and Drug Administration accept payments and other rewards from companies after their drugs are approved.
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Cannabis Drug Approved by FDA for Rare, Severe Seizures
A drug based on chemicals derived from cannabis plants was approved by Food and Drug Administration for marketing in the U.S. to treat seizures associated with two rare and severe forms of epilepsy.
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Is Your Home Business Legal?
If you are starting up, or already have, here are some things that you need to do, to ensure your business is legal.
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Infographic – Where the World Ships its Plastic Waste
Our friends at Statista posted a chart underscoring the great urgency for this kind of plastic material, this weekend’s infographic.