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Daily Report: Health and Welfare

Calif. biotech firms spend $40 million on lobbying in 3 years

March 30, 2012, 12:05 AM
Biotech companies with operations in California – the birthplace of the industry and home to one-third of the country’s biotech firms – spent $40 million on federal lobbying between 2009 and 2011, according to an analysis released yesterday by the Union of Concerned Scientists and... + read more
Daily Report: Health and Welfare

Calif. clinic licensed by controversial stem cell treatment group

February 1, 2012, 12:05 AM
Doctors at a Southern California clinic have announced that they are “licensed and trained” to perform a stem cell treatment pioneered by a Colorado group that is being sued by the U.S. Justice Department and Food and Drug Administration. The FDA has asked a federal judge to stop... + read more
Daily Report: Health and Welfare

Calif. drugmaker's HIV prevention pill draws concern

January 30, 2012, 12:05 AM
Foster City drugmaker Gilead recently updated its application with the federal Food and Drug Administration for approval to market its HIV treatment medication Truvada as a HIV prevention pill.  If the FDA approves Truvada for preventive use, it “would be the first agent indicated... + read more
Daily Report: Environment

Officials worried over safety of genetically altered fish

November 30, 2010, 12:05 AM
The federal government’s safety review of  genetically engineered salmon may be faulty, misinformed and in violation of its own laws, according to a flurry of documents released by a watchdog group in recent weeks. Although a final decision has not yet been made, the FDA announced... + read more
Genetically engineered salmon may soon be on supermarket shelves near you.
Daily Report: Environment

FDA set to approve genetically engineered salmon

September 13, 2010, 12:05 AM
The Food and Drug Administration is poised to approve the nation’s first genetically engineered animal designed to be eaten by people. Next weekend the FDA will kick off a three-day meeting in which an agency-appointed panel of scientists and experts will discuss and listen to public... + read more
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Daily Report: Health and Welfare

FDA accuses state food sellers of deceptive labeling

March 4, 2010, 12:04 AM
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration fired off letters warning of deceptive food labeling to 17 food companies yesterday, including one to a Los Angeles company that claims that its pomegranate juice can improve erectile function.  Six California firms were singled out in the letter-... + read more
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