The 2008 PDA/FDA conference opened this morning in Washington, DC, with keynote speaker and CDER’s top dog, Janet Woodcock. The theme of the plenary, “globalization through regulatory harmonization” is a must in today’s pharmaceutical industry.
“Heparin was a wakeup call,” demonstrating that we “need vigilance throughout the supply chain,” she explained. Woodcock added that solving these issues is “going to take a lot of harmonization” Read the rest of this entry »

Oh how John McCain courts women. With Sarah Palin at his side and our unpopular president sidelined, he promises huge, glass ceiling-shattering change.
What is the substance behind his symbolism? On every issue of concern to women — from education to equal pay, health care and physical security to retirement and financial security — John McCain and George W. Bush are identical and abysmal. It is their best-kept secret.
How can this be?
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on Thursday examined a television advertisement released by Republican presidential nominee Sen. John McCain (Ariz.) that criticizes Democratic presidential nominee Sen. Barack Obama (Ill.) for supporting a comprehensive sex education measure in 2003 while in the Illinois Senate. Obama voted in favor of the measure in committee, where it passed, but the bill never came to a full vote in the Senate. He was not a sponsor of the bill.
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