Day: July 9, 2015

Every year regulatory agencies from all over the world jointly conduct an international week of action, called Operation Pangea, to go after online pharmacies selling counterfeit and illicit medicines and post their results publicly to create awareness about the dangers of buying medicines from internet pharmacies. This operation is coordinated by INTERPOL which brings together customs, … Read more

Starting 1st of September this year (2015), FDA will require all manufacturers of drugs or biological products including manufacturers of blood or blood components for transfusion to notify FDA electronically of a permanent or temporary discontinuation in the manufacturing of their product that is likely to lead to a significant disruption in supply of that product in the … Read more

Despite a well-known and scientifically accepted practice of using blinded studies to support a claim, it is still not uncommon for well-intentioned researchers to conduct open-label studies leading to highly biased results. In an article published in the PLOS journal by three Australian researchers, a review of 960 peer-reviewed articles in 5 different animal behavior journals found that … Read more