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Latest News | 19 March 2013

Genetically Modified Food, Nanomaterials among Topics Addressed in Planned 2013 CVM Guidances

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The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has announced guidance documents its Center for Veterinary Medicines (CVM) plans to publish by the end of the 2013 calendar year, including several topics Read More...

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Latest News | 17 December 2012

FDA Outlines Certification Process for Certain Medical Gases

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The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has released a new draft guidance document aimed at providing clarity to the process by which certain designated medical gases become certified by Read More...

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Latest News | 12 December 2012

Health Canada, FDA Announce First-Ever Approval Under Joint Review Process

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Regulatory agencies are often seen as being in competition with one another. When the European Medicines Agency (EMA) approves a cancer drug before the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA), that's Read More...

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Latest News | 22 August 2012

FDA Changes Regulation to Allow Some Carcinogenic Products to be Used in Animals

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The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has released an updated regulation that redefines the acceptable concentration levels of a carcinogen allowed in food-producing animals.The regulation, Read More...

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Latest News | 16 August 2012

Senators Call on FDA to Strengthen Antibiotic Monitoring

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A group of 13 senators is calling on the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to tighten the requirements of recently-released antibiotics guidance documents.The guidance documents, released in April Read More...

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Latest News | 19 June 2012

FDA Releases Draft Guidance for Veterinary Trials

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The US Food and Drug Administration’s Center for Veterinary Medicine (CVM) has released a draft guidance detailing best practices for setting active controls in animal studies used to demonstrate Read More...

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Latest News | 29 May 2012

Antimicrobial Resistance Monitoring Policy Updated by FDA

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An updated strategic plan detailing the goals of the Center for Veterinary Medicine’s (CVM) National Antimicrobial Resistance Monitoring System (NARMS) aims to change the way the agency samples Read More...

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Latest News | 24 April 2012

FDA Releases Strategic Plan for Veterinary Medicine Program

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The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has released a new strategic plan for its veterinary medicine program for the 2012-2016 period, outlining the regulatory goals for FDA’s Center for Veterinary Read More...

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Regulatory Update | 12 April 2012

FDA Seeks to Limit Antibiotics in Animal Feed

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The Food and Drug Administration has released guidance asking drug companies to voluntarily limit the use of certain antibiotics in animal feed in response to concerns that their overuse in Read More...

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Latest News | 12 April 2012

FDA Guidance on Veterinary Antibiotic Use Prompts Compliance, Criticism

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Shortly after the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) released new rules to curtail the “injudicious” use of antibiotics in food-producing animals, three pharmaceutical manufacturers said they were Read More...

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