Friday, May 23, 2008

U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) Daily Digest Bulletin

Updates: 1

From: "U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA)" <fda@service.govdelivery.com>
Date: Thu, 22 May 2008 10:12:48 -0500 (CDT)
Subject: FDA Data Standards Update - Terminology Update - UNIIs

Greetings,

The FDA Data Standards Council's website was updated Thursday, May 22, 2008, to include an update to the list of Unique Ingredient Identifiers (UNIIs).

Hyperlinks to the updated list of UNIIs can be found on either of these web pages:

Substance Registration System - Unique Ingredient Identifier: http://www.fda.gov/oc/datacouncil/SRS.htm

Structured Product Labeling Resources: http://www.fda.gov/oc/datacouncil/spl.html

Lonnie Smith

Project Manager

Food and Drug Administration


Updates: 2
From: "U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA)" <fda@service.govdelivery.com>
Date: Thu, 22 May 2008 13:05:11 -0500 (CDT)
Subject: Sentinel System to Monitor Medical Product Safety

Sentinel System to Monitor Medical Product Safety
Thu, 22 May 2008 12:53:00 -0500

FDA's new Sentinel Initiative aims to establish a national electronic system for tracking medical product performance.


Updates: 3
From: "U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA)" <fda@service.govdelivery.com>
Date: Thu, 22 May 2008 13:05:12 -0500 (CDT)
Subject: New Efforts to Help Improve Medical Products for Patient Safety and Quality of Medical Care

New Efforts to Help Improve Medical Products for Patient Safety and Quality of Medical Care
Thu, 22 May 2008 12:15:00 -0500

HHS Secretary Mike Leavitt today announced efforts underway at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) that will complement each other to improve patient safety and the quality of medical care.


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