Monday, April 25, 2011

FDA Priorities For 2011-2015

Updated February 2, 2021:

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) today released the final version of a strategic priorities document outlining the goals that will guide the agency and its 12,000 employees through 2015, FDA’s “Strategic Priorities 2011 – 2015: Responding to the Public Health Challenges of the 21st Century” - PRNewsWire.

It conveys the FDA's vision for the future, by mentioning:
  • a modernized field of regulatory science that draws on innovations in science and technology to help ensure the safety and effectiveness of medical products throughout their life cycles
  • an integrated global food safety system focused on prevention and improved nutrition
  • expanded efforts to meet the needs of special populations.
The document is organized into four major sections:
1.0 Introduction 
2.0 Cross-Cutting Strategic Priorities
3.0 Strategic Goals and Long-Term Objectives
4.0 Implementation


You might also be interested in:
Strategic Priorities Blog posting by FDA Commissioner Margaret A. Hamburg

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Friday, April 22, 2011

Easter Egg Food Safety

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Easter is here, and you need to pay attention to the food safety and handling of foods containing eggs, especially your Easter eggs.

Checkout this website:  Kraft Foods - Easter Egg Safety

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Wednesday, April 13, 2011

GMP Training Tool - Meeting Timer

GMP Training Tool - Meeting Timer


I needed a little timer app and found this online for free:
Meeting Timer (free)

GMP trainers, facilitators, and others should find this a useful application.

Here's what I like about it, it's
  • free
  • easily installed
  • resizable
  • very intuitive
  • compatible with how we use Powerpoint
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Monday, April 11, 2011

Big Pharma Drug Theft Problem

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Uh-oh.

Katherine Eban reports in Fortune Magazine, Drug theft goes big - Organized gangs are stealing prescription medicine in increasingly audacious heists - That's a problem for Big Pharma and for patients, who can unknowingly buy stolen -- and sometimes dangerous -- medications.

In a nutshell, drug warehouses and supply chains appear to be vulnerable. In some cases, the vulnerabilities allow for stolen, unapproved, illegally imported, expired, and counterfeit drugs to get into the marketplace.

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Monday, April 4, 2011

FDA and EPA Nuclear Radiation Monitoring

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Here's a better set of webpages that offer information about possible nuclear radiation reaching the United States.

Joint EPA/FDA Statement: Update on Ongoing Monitoring - on steps taken to increase the level of nationwide monitoring of milk, precipitation, drinking water, and other potential exposure routes.


EPA's RadNet Monitoring Data - a map of radiation monitoring stations

EPA - Daily Data Summary - from the EPA's RadNet Monitoring Data

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