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News & Analysis

Latest News

• Wal-Mart expands low-price drug program (AP)
• FDA warns Merck to fix vaccine plant problems (AP)
• FDA Warns Chinese Drug Company Over Sloppy Heparin Production (Andrews)
• Medco Health 1Q profit, sales top Wall Street estimates (AP)

Research Tools

Associations

• American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists Features pharmaceutical news, reports, and scientific journals.
• Association of Food and Drug Officials Organization concerned with the development and enforcement of uniform food, drug and consumer product safety laws and regulations.
• Biotechnology Industry Organization Covers industry statistics, issues and initiatives.
• Canadian Drug Manufacturers Association Represents the Canadian-based pharmaceutical industry. Covers industry facts and issues, market trends, and generic drug information.
• Food and Drug Law Institute Dedicated to improving the understanding of the laws, regulations and policies affecting healthcare technologies, food and cosmetics.
• Grocery Manufacturers of America Association of food, beverage and consumer product companies.
• Japan Pharmaceutical Association Includes information on the Japanese medical insurance system, drug supply and distribution, and the Code of Ethics for Pharmacists.
• Japan Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Association Voluntary organization of research-based pharmaceutical manufacturers. Includes publications, industry information, regulations, and Japanese Pharmaceutical Reference database.
• National Alcohol Beverage Control Association Trade association representing those political jurisdictions that directly control the distribution and sale of beverage alcohol within their borders.
• National Association of Beverage Retailers Association representing off-premise licensees in the "open" or "license" states and on-premise proprietors in markets across the nation.
• National Food Processors Association Represents the food processing industry on scientific and public policy issues involving food safety, nutrition, technical and regulatory matters and consumer affairs.
• National Licensed Beverage Association Trade association representing licensed beverage retailers.
• Nonprescription Drug Manufacturers Association of Canada National association representing manufacturers, marketeres and distributors of self-care products. Includes policy/position papers, self-medication digest, and industry information.
• PDA International association for pharmaceutical science and technology. Includes science and regulatory information.
• Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA) Represents the country's leading research-based pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies. Features policy views, industry profile and primer, news, and press releases.
• Tobacco Merchants Association Trade association dedicated to supplying information about the global tobacco business.

Government Resources

• Adverse Drug Reaction System Database of adverse drug reactions primarily reported by health professionals.
• Agricultural Biotechnology From the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Features laws and regulations, permitting and notification
• Biotechnology From the U.S. Department of State, International Information Programs. Features biotech fact sheets, policy statements, publications and more.
• Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms Includes industry news, forms, publications, regulations and more.
• Center for Food Safety & Applied Nutrition From the Food and Drug Administration. Features food safety information on canned foods, food additives, dietary supplements and more.
• Clinical Trials Databases Facts about public and privately supported clinical studies. Some are open to new participants while others have already completed enrollment.
• Consumer Drug Information Medications recently approved by the FDA.
• Dietary Supplements Databases International Bibliographic Information on Dietary Supplements (IBIDS) and Computer Access to Research on Dietary Supplements (CARDS).
• FDA Enforcement Report Index Recalls & field corrections, medical device alerts, injunctions, seizures, indictments and other FDA regulatory activity.
• Food and Drug Administration Regulates drugs, medical devices, biologics and more.
• FoodSafety.gov Gateway to government food safety information.
• Human Genome Project Information Features information on the Human Genome Project, including ethical, legal and social issues.
• National Center for Biotechnology Information National resource center for molecular biology information. Includes molecular and literature databases, genome maps, and more.
• Office of Industrial Technologies From the U.S. Department of Energy. Features information on the agriculture, aluminum, chemicals, forest products, glass, metal casting, mining, petroleum, and steel industries.
• Tobacco Information and Prevention Source (TIPS) From the National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion.
• U.S. Department of Agriculture Includes information on USDA agencies, services and programs.
• United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization Provides information about the FAO, its mission, publications and services; includes information about global food and agriculture issues.

Laws

• Agriculture Codes U.S. Code, Title 7.
• Agriculture Regulations Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), Title 7.
• Animals and Animal Products Regulations Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), Title 9.
• Biotechnology Case Law and Regulation From Louisiana State University School of Law. Includes cases and regulations on antitrust, consent, cloning, liability and more.
• Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act From the Food and Drug Administration.
• Food and Drugs Codes U.S. Code, Title 21.
• Food and Drugs Regulations Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), Title 21.

Web Sites

• Alcohol Industry Information From the Marin Institute. Contains citations and abstract of articles and news stories about the alcohol beverage industry, alcohol policy and prevention efforts.
• BeverageNet Features online publications and news on the beverage industry.
• biojudiciary.org Jurist's Guide to 21st Century Biotechnology. Includes a glossary and patent resources.
• Drug Topics Online news magazine for pharmacists.
• PDR.net Getting Well Network Information on diseases, drugs and clinical trials.
• Statisticians in the Pharmaceutical Industry Forum for discussion of statistics in the pharmaceutical industry.
• Tobacco Control Archives Provides access to papers, unpublished documents and electronic resources on tobacco control issues in California.
• Tobacco Documents Online Features tobacco industry documents.
• Yahoo! Finance - News By Industry Includes food industry news.

Westlaw Databases

• Agriculture Industry News (WNS-AG)
• Andrews Pharmaceutical Litigation Reporter (ANPHARLR)
• FDA Enforcement Report (DJN/R) (FDAER)
• FDA Enforcement Report (FHTH-FDA)
• Federal Cases (FHTH-CS)
• Foods, Beverages & Tobacco Industry News (WNS-FD)
• State Law Cases (MHTH-CS)