MedWorm provides a medical RSS filtering service. Over 6000 RSS medical sources are combined and output via different filters. This feed contains the latest medical blog items that have been tagged with 'biotechnolgy'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:59:54 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3542875&cid=t_157317_150_f&fid=35777&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FPharmalot%2F%7E3%2FaEC8QXIOt_M%2F A bill that would have gone into effect in Connecticut on July 1 to strictly limit gifts that drug and device makers could provide physicians and restrict the use of prescriber data died last night (this is the text). The bill hardly had bipartisan support as Democrats backed passage, while Republicans opposed (see here). For the legislation, which has been around while, to become law, the state assembly’s Public Health Committee must reintroduce the legislation during the next session beginning in January. Instead, in a last-minute maneuver, another bill did pass that simply requires adherence to existing codes adopted by PhRMA and AdvaMed. “This gets most people where they wanted to be,” says state senator Jonathan Harris, who chairs the Public Health Committee. “... Pharmalot blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3542875 Thu, 06 May 2010 17:59:04 +0100 3542875 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1379319&cid=t_157317_87_f&fid=34825&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.wesleyjsmith.com%2Fblog%2F2008%2F04%2Fbiotech-advance-could-protect-patients.html I probably don't say this often enough, but most biotechnological research is entirely ethical and exciting. Case in point: The FDA is poised to approve a test that picks up "biomarkers" that could tell researchers whether a drug is harming a patient's kidneys during human trials and, I suppose, afterwards. From the story: Currently, experimental drugs are tested in animals before being taken to human clinical trails. But animals' reactions aren't always the best predictor of whether substances will be safe for humans. Drugs harmless to animals can hurt humans, and vice versa. If a drug toxic to the kidneys passes animal tests today, the damage might not show up until it is too late. "Using current tests, you have lost about 70 percent of the kidney function before you pick it up," says Wi... Secondhand Smoke blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1379319 Thu, 17 Apr 2008 15:28:00 +0100 1379319 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1098832&cid=t_157317_87_f&fid=35052&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwomensbioethics.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F12%2Fcreation-of-new-life-forms-next-step.html (Source: Women's Bioethics Blog) Women's Bioethics Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1098832 Mon, 17 Dec 2007 13:47:00 +0100 1098832 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1037802&cid=t_157317_87_f&fid=35052&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwomensbioethics.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F11%2Fholiday-reading-suggestion-liberation.html (Source: Women's Bioethics Blog) Women's Bioethics Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1037802 Tue, 20 Nov 2007 05:28:00 +0100 1037802