FDA Sends Warning Letter To Merck About Manufacturing Problems At Pa. Plant FDA on April 28 sent a warning letter to Merck officials informing them that agency investigators discovered manufacturing deficiencies at the company's vaccine plant in West Point, Pa., the Wall Street Journal reports.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comBriefcase-Sized Portable Anti-Counterfeit Drug Analyzer Provides Real-Time Analysis Anywhere, Anytime ASD Inc. introduces the RxSpec� 700Z anti-counterfeit drug analyzer , a lightweight fully-portable lab-quality system contained in a rugged aluminum briefcase. For the first time in history, field agents from industry, government, and law enforcement have the ability to test
drugs on the spot, anywhere, anytime, to determine whether the actual pill, rather than the packaging, is authentic or counterfeit.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comPresident Bush Is Right On Biofuels Jim Greenwood, president and CEO of the Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO), issued the following statement today lauding President Bush's avowal yesterday that ethanol production is responsible for only a small part of food inflation: "President Bush accurately recognizes that the rise in global food prices is the result of a variety of factors and that only a small part is due to increased demand for corn to produce ethanol.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comFDA Official Pulls Back On Estimates Of Cost To Inspect Foreign Drug Makers Properly FDA Center for Drug Evaluation and Research Director Janet Woodcock on Thursday during a House hearing "backed away" from a Tuesday comment that the agency would need an estimated $225 million to improve inspections of foreign medication manufacturing plants, the Wall Street Journal reports (Mundy, Wall Street Journal, 5/2).
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