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Analysis Chemical: Bavaria floats resolution in Bundesrat urging “PFAS regulation with a sense of proportion”

Agency IQ

This bond is one of the strongest in organic chemistry, making this family of chemicals highly effective at resisting water, oil, and heat. Manufactured since the 1940s, their carbon-fluorine bond tends to be the hallmark of a PFAS (though there is no common definition). Fill out the form to read the full article.

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Antibody Drug Conjugates: windows of opportunity

Drug Target Review

1 Regulators invest significant consideration balancing quality-of-life measures with overall survival when assessing novel oncology treatments. Petra holds a D.Phil in synthetic organic chemistry and am MBA from Imperial College London. Antibody drug conjugated with cytotoxic payload.

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Analysis Chemical Thank You PFAS regulation in California (late 2023 edition)

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PFAS regulation in California (late 2023 edition) California consistently maintains its status as both one of the most important economies in the world as well as one of the most regulated states in the United States. In 2019, the state began to significantly ramp up its PFAS regulation and research.

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Analysis Chemical Thank You Bavaria floats resolution in Bundesrat urging “PFAS regulation with a sense of proportion”

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This bond is one of the strongest in organic chemistry, making this family of chemicals highly effective at resisting water, oil, and heat. PFAS regulation in the E.U. Two high-profile initiatives to regulate PFAS in the E.U. are currently underway.

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FDA Sets a Recommended Framework for Predicting the Mutagenic and Carcinogenic Potential of Nitrosamine Drug Substance-Related Impurities

FDA Law Blog: Biosimilars

The Guidance, which provides details about nitrosamines and FDA’s experience regulating them, explicitly applies to all finished drug products (including Rx, OTC, and unauthorized drugs), to “prescription and OTC drug products in clinical development,” and to both API and drug manufacturers.

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How to Get Drugs Into the Brain

Drug Hunter

The BBB is composed of specialized brain endothelial cells that regulate the distribution of molecules into and out of the brain from the blood. Unlike the endothelial BBB, the blood-cerebrospinal fluid-barrier (BCSFB) is made up of epithelial cells that similarly regulate the distribution of molecules between the blood and CSF.

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Analysis Chemical Thank You Maryland governor signs bill focused on PFAS discharges in wastewater

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The bill will set a variety of timelines for state regulators to identify industrial uses of PFAS and develop action levels for PFAS in state waters by mid-2025. These carbon-fluorine bonds are some of the strongest in organic chemistry, meaning that most PFAS readily persist in the environment.