- Names in the News.
*Edward Otto, PhD, has been named director of the Office of Cellular, Tissue and Gene Therapies in the Food and Drug Administration's Center for Biologics ......
- Names in the News.
*Elizabeth Nabel, MD, has been named director of the National Institutes of Health National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI). Nabel, who is currently the ......
- Names in the News.
*Senator Orrin Hatch (R-UT) has been named 2002-2003 "Legislator of the Year" by the Biotechnology Industry Organization ((BIO). BIO said Hatch was selected because of ......
- Tracking Outbreaks May Not Be End of E. ColiProblems.
BOSTON--(BW HealthWire)--Sept. 16, 1999-- The recent E. coli 0157:H7 outbreaks that have occurred may signal future contamination concerns across the country. That is the warning ......
- Tracking Outbreaks May Not Be End of E. ColiProblems.
BOSTON--(BW HealthWire)--Sept. 21, 1999-- The recent E. coli 0157:H7 outbreaks that have occurred may signal future contamination concerns across the country. That is the warning ......
- FDA seeks additional powers.
FDA, following a series of recent food scares, for the first time in years will likely seek additional powers to police food safety. Assistant ......
- Meridian Test Aids in Diagnosis of Toxic E. coliOutbreak.
CINCINNATI--(BW HealthWire)--July 14, 1999-- Meridian Diagnostics, Inc., Cincinnati, Ohio, (Nasdaq:KITS) today announced that its Premier EHEC test was used to diagnose young adults impacted by ......
- LEGISLATIVE LOWDOWN
HEADNOTE Your Inside Report From Capitol Hill They say there are really three political parties on Capitol Hill: Democrats, Republicans and appropriators. Members who gain ......
- Washington: Dereg Gains Momentum
Agency execs ponder impact of FCC's expected loosening of ownership rules ......
- LEGISLATIVE LOWDOWN
They say there are really three political parties on Capitol Hill: Democrats, Republicans and appropriators.
- Uncle Sam wants you
The government might be coming to your town soon, to probe for weaknesses in your operations that terrorists would be able to exploit.
- Food Safety Panel Wants FDA to Expand Information on Fish Mercury Levels
According to Dow Jones News, members of a food safety panel composed of outside food experts are calling for the U.S. Food and Drug Administration ......
- Fall Broadband Battle Looms
Washington— Consumer groups are hoping to make off with the punch bowl at this fall's Federal Communications Commission broadband deregulation party. Later this month, the ......
- Ensuring food supply safety: free FDA program helps
reduce vulnerabilities in the chain.
A downloadable computer program created by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration helps food processors secure their products against intentional contamination by terrorists. The ......
- Food safety feeds mass spec demand.
The recent news of the presence of the industrial chemical melamine in US pet food and diethylene glycol in Central American toothpaste has heightened concern ......