Melamine, a chemical used as a flame retardant is used to make cooking utensils and industrial coatings, is rich in nitrogen; it makes an attractive low-cost additive to milk and other foods; as nitrogen registers as protein on many routine tests . This is why it is so popular as at created the...
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on 11-16-2008
Filed under: Medically Related, Technology, Pharma/FDA News, My Commentaries, FDA, Business Intelligence, China, tainted milk, Melamine, Food products, Congress Pharma, phamaceutical plant inspections, FDA funding
Anyone involved and R and D today can certainly take advantage of a Tablet PC. (I think those new fields reps for the FDA might even like this idea and concept too). Why walk around with an “ open pizza box” notebook, watch the video and see the difference and how tablets work while working, and...
How hot is genomics today? There are several manufacturers of the machines that will accomplish running our DNA, our complete DNA. I know to the average person this gets a little confusing, but the companies listed here are the companies that manufacture the machines that do the entire work...
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on 09-25-2008
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Good article addressing a touchy but very real situation. Before the term " intelligent property" was coined, in other industries this has been going on for a number of years. When you choose to share "intelligent property" there are risks. At any time once an selected...
Patrice Milos, Vice President and Chief Scientific Officer, Helicos Biosciences This week I had the opportunity to talk with Patrice Milos from Helicos Biosciences who has a long background in global research and spent a number of years at Pfizer as Executive Director at Pfizer Global Research and Development...
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on 08-15-2008
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This video gives a littler closer look at the device recently approved by the FDA and can be found on Channel Intel on You Tube. The FDA also has some beneficial videos on their channel on You Tube as well, look for the links in the resources column at the blog. The device will be going...
This is a must watch and read! Last week I posted the coverage from Robert Scoble interviewing Representative Culberson. There are a few using technology on Capitol Hill and the Congressman wants to use it to keep in touch with constituents and keeping everyone updated in real time. ...
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on 07-13-2008
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