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Ninth Circuit Upholds FDA’s Authority to Regulate Stem Cell Clinic Treatments

FDA Law Blog: Biosimilars

The District Court in this case, which came to the opposite conclusion and is now reversed, was a notable outlier in a string of cases in other circuits upholding FDA’s authority to regulate stem cell clinics on similar grounds as the Ninth Circuit did here. California Stem Cell Treatment Center, Inc., Stem Cell Clinic, LLC , 998 F.3d

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How MMR-deficient colorectal cancers regulate their growth

Drug Target Review

For the first time, scientists at UCL and University Medical Center Utrecht have observed bowel cancer cells’ ability to regulate their growth using a genetic on-off switch to increase their likelihood of survival.

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Article Periodic Thank You Commission proposes exemptions to UV-328 ban under POPs Regulation

Agency IQ

Commission proposes exemptions to UV-328 ban under POPs Regulation The European Commission plans to implement exemptions introduced under the Stockholm Convention’s 2023 ban of UV-328, an ultraviolet-light absorbing persistent organic pollutant (POP). This exemption is in accordance with Article 4(1)b of the POPs Regulation.

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Analysis Chemical Thank You The 103 regulations the EPA is currently working on

Agency IQ

The 103 regulations the EPA is currently working on On July 5, 2024, the EPA published its Spring 2024 Unified Agenda, which reveals what regulations the agency is planning on releasing by the end of the year and beyond.

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Medicare program spent $1.8 billion in 2019 on drugs without confirmed clinical benefits

The Pharma Data

billion in Medicare funds in 2019 on drugs whose clinical benefits have yet to be confirmed by the Food and Drug Administration, a new study led by researchers from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health suggests. billion on 36 of these drugs across 55 indications in 2019. federal government spent an estimated $1.8

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Analysis Chemical Thank You What we expect EU chemical regulators to do in August 2024

Agency IQ

What we expect EU chemical regulators to do in August 2024 Welcome to AgencyIQ’s monthly roundup of EU chemical sector activities. Other consultations ending in August include two addressing potential candidates for substitution and exemption conditions under the Biocidal Products Regulation (BPR), including for the substance DBNPA.

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Analysis Chemical Thank You What we expect EU chemical regulators to do in September 2024

Agency IQ

What we expect EU chemical regulators to do in September 2024 Welcome to AgencyIQ’s monthly roundup of EU chemical sector activities. A full list of chemical events is also scheduled for September, as regulators and regulatory affairs professionals return to work after the summer holidays.