by Samme Jancin | Jul 28, 2015
Pearl will be hosting a celebration for its 5 fantastic years of being in business. Pearl opened in 2010 to help fast-track therapeutics and diagnostics for patients in the life science industry. Refreshments and appetizers will be served. When: August 6th, 2015...
by Samme Jancin | Jul 28, 2015
It has been one year since FDA launched its initiative called ‘openFDA’. OpenFDA was an order brought by the White House to help others have access to the agency’s public data. One type of information users now have access to is FDA’s long list of application...
by Samme Jancin | Jul 20, 2015
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and Google met last month to talk about a new ‘adverse event trending’ system. FDA currently tracks adverse events in their FDA Adverse Event Report System (FAERS). However there are concerns that this system underreports...
by Samme Jancin | Jul 17, 2015
On July 10th, the 21st Century Cares Act was passed which will increase the NIH and FDA funding. This increase in funds is to install a new framework for evaluating patience’s experience with drugs and to create a new national pediatrics research network and will be...
by Samme Jancin | Jul 17, 2015
Earlier this month, efforts were made once again to repeal the medical device tax under the Affordable Care Act (ACA). The medical tax is unpopular for both Republicans and Democrats and in June the US House of Representatives passed a bill called Protect Medical...
