Wednesday, August 6, 2008

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

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From: "U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA)" <fda@service.govdelivery.com>
Date: Tue, 5 Aug 2008 07:16:36 -0500 (CDT)
Subject: U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) CBER's Guidances Update

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Draft Guidance for Industry: Submission of Documentation in Applications for Parametric Release of Human and Veterinary Drug Products Terminally Sterilized by Moist Heat Processes (PDF - 64 KB) - 8/5/2008


Update: 2
From: "U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA)" <fda@service.govdelivery.com>
Date: Tue, 5 Aug 2008 07:44:01 -0500 (CDT)
Subject: CDRH New Update

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CDRHNEW Logo Date: August 5, 2008

The following new items were added to the CDRH web pages on August 4, 2008. Previous CDRH New Items can be found on the CDRHNew Page.

* Draft Guidance for HDE Holders, Institutional Review Boards (IRBs), Clinical Investigators, and FDA Staff - Humanitarian Device Exemption (HDE) Regulation: Questions and Answers Text PDF

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Update: 3
From: "U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA)" <fda@service.govdelivery.com>
Date: Tue, 5 Aug 2008 12:07:04 -0500 (CDT)
Subject: U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) CBER's Recalls, Withdrawals, Field Corrections & Notifications Update

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Recall of m2000sp Instrument - Abbott Molecular - 6/30/2008


Update: 4
From: "U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA)" <fda@service.govdelivery.com>
Date: Tue, 5 Aug 2008 14:05:02 -0500 (CDT)
Subject: FDA Approves 2008-2009 Flu Vaccines

FDA Approves 2008-2009 Flu Vaccines
Tue, 05 Aug 2008 13:39:00 -0500

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) today announced that it has approved this year's seasonal influenza vaccines that include new strains of the virus likely to cause flu in the United States during the 2008-2009 season. The six vaccines and their manufacturers are: CSL Limited, Afluria; GlaxoSmithKline Biologicals, Fluarix; ID Biomedical Corporation of Quebec, FluLaval; MedImmune Vaccines Inc., FluMist; Novartis Vaccines and Diagnostics Limited, Fluvirin; and Sanofi Pasteur Inc., Fluzone.


Update: 5
From: "U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA)" <fda@service.govdelivery.com>
Date: Tue, 5 Aug 2008 14:56:45 -0500 (CDT)
Subject: FDA Data Standards Update - Terminology Update

Greetings,

The FDA Data Standards Council's website was updated Tuesday, August 5, 2008, to include the following updated information:

SPL web page: (added link to additional validation files) http://www.fda.gov/oc/datacouncil/spl.html

Terminology lists: (added XML files for package types and UNIIs) http://www.fda.gov/oc/datacouncil/terminology_lists.zip

Additional Validation Files: (added XML files for validation lists such as solid, oral dosage form and counter-ion) http://www.fda.gov/oc/datacouncil/additional_validation_only_lists.zip

UNII zip file: (added new UNIIs) http://www.fda.gov/oc/datacouncil/UNIIs.zip

CodeSystem OID: (added new OID for FDA Regulatory Compliance Service) http://www.fda.gov/oc/datacouncil/cdsys.html

Units of Measure: (added new units of measure - see list below) http://www.fda.gov/oc/datacouncil/splncicodes.html#potency

CELL CULTURE INFECTIOUS DOSE 50%

COLONY FORMING UNITS

FOCUS-FORMING UNITS

PLAQUE-FORMING UNITS

TISSUE CULTURE INFECTIOUS DOSE 50%

Lonnie Smith
Project Manager

FDA Data Standards Council


Update: 6
From: "U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA)" <fda@service.govdelivery.com>
Date: Tue, 5 Aug 2008 15:05:07 -0500 (CDT)
Subject: Drug Shortages: Drugs to be Discontinued; Geref Diagnostic

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Drug Shortages: Drugs to be Discontinued; Geref Diagnostic
Tue, 05 Aug 2008 12:56:00 -0500

EMD Serono has made a business decision to discontinue this product.


Update: 7
From: "U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA)" <fda@service.govdelivery.com>
Date: Tue, 5 Aug 2008 15:43:33 -0500 (CDT)
Subject: U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) CBER's Guidances Update

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International Conference on Harmonisation (ICH); Draft Guideline: E2F Development Safety Update Report (PDF) - 8/5/2008


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