
The House Appropriations Committee released the fiscal year 2013 Agriculture Appropriations bill, which, sets proposed spending levels for FDA as well as for other programs.
Amy Ritter is Scientific Editor, BioPharm International and Pharmaceutical Technology. Amy Ritter joined the editorial staff of BioPharm International and Pharmaceutical Technology in 2011. She received her BA in Biology from Boston University, and holds a PhD in Neurobiology from SUNY at Stony Brook. Before joining Advanstar’s Pharm Sciences group, she worked in the preclinical pharmacology group at Merck Research Labs, and is the author of numerous peer-reviewed scientific publications.

The House Appropriations Committee released the fiscal year 2013 Agriculture Appropriations bill, which, sets proposed spending levels for FDA as well as for other programs.

A critical drug that has experienced shortages is Genzyme’s Fabrazyme (agalsidase beta), the only enzyme replacement therapy approved in the US for Fabry disease.

A report released on Feb. 8, 2012 from the California Healthcare Institute, BayBio and PwC shows that the shrinking economy, changes in investment strategies, and pressures on the pharmaceutical market have put the brakes on one of the US’s most robust biotechnology centers

A federal appeals court has lifted a ban on federal funding for embryonic stem cell research.

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