Lawmakers and consumers ask FDA to delay cloning ruling
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The Food and Drug Administration should delay a decision on whether milk and meat from some cloned animals are safe to eat until additional safety studies can be conducted, a Democratic lawmaker and consumer groups said in separate statements on Tuesday.
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MONTPELIER, Vt. The Food and Drug Administration has postponed its response to Vermont&#39;s first-in-the-nation lawsuit over the importation of prescription drugs from Canada.
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Two scientists have asked Harvard University's ethical review board for permission to produce cloned human embryos for disease research.
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The United States will have to wait until next year to see its fight with the European Union over biotech foods resolved, as the World Trade Organization agreed to an EU request to bring scientists into the debate, officials said Thursday.
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A U.S. Senate panel voted on Wednesday to set a path for generic drugmakers to seek approval of cheaper, copycat versions of expensive biotechnology medicines.
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A California lawmaker said on Wednesday he would introduce a bill this week to ban sales of cloned pets, a move that could end a California company's plans to replicate beloved domestic animals.
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Opponents of the cloning of animals score a major victory when the Senate passes an amendment to the farm bill that would require more research on the safety of cloned meat before it reaches your grocery store. The amendment isn't law yet, though, and still must survive a closed-door meeting between Senate and House committees.
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Novartis AG, Switzerland&#39;s largest drugmaker, said the US Food and Drug Administration has delayed approval of its Certican transplant treatment and is seeking more information on safe and effective dosing.
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Britain's leading scientific institution  said Monday it is urging countries to back a campaign to stop a  possible ban on stem cell research as part of a global treaty  banning human cloning.
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Meat and milk products of offspring  from the 600 cloned animals in the United States most likely  have not entered the nation's food supply, an official with the  U.S. Food and Drug Administration said on Thursday, as the  agency downplayed the long-term impact of cloning.
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U.S. regulators have asked for more data  on Novartis AG's  diabetes drug Galvus, possibly  delaying approval of the potential blockbuster by a year, which  dented its shares while boosting its main rival's.
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The US urges the European Union to speed up its process for approving new genetically modified (GM) products.
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Responding to consumer queasiness about eating meat and drinking milk from cloned animals, and frustrated by continued delays in the government approval process, the nation's two largest cloning companies will today roll out a voluntary program aimed at helping shoppers avoid food from clones.
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The U.S. Food and Drugs Administration (FDA) is expected to declare as early as next week that meat and milk from cloned animals and their offspring is safe to eat, the Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday.
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Britain&#39;s leading scientific institution said it is urging countries to back a campaign to stop a possible ban on stem cell research as part of a global treaty banning human cloning.
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The campaign committee that spent &#36;35 million last year backing California's novel &#36;3 billion stem cell initiative plans to use its fund-raising prowess to fight a federal bill seeking to ban all forms of human cloning.
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U.S. regulators on Friday delayed a decision on whether to approve over-the-counter sales of a Barr Pharmaceuticals "morning-after pill" to prevent pregnancy, prompting a lawsuit from a women's rights group.