A strengthened and modernized postmarket drug safety program has resulted in a substantial improvement in the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) oversight of drugs once they reach the American public, according to a new report released today by the agency's Center for Drug Evaluation and Research (CDER). The report, "Advances in FDA's Safety Program for Marketed Drugs," describes new scientific tools and enhanced capabilities that give the same priority to postmarket drug safety monitoring as to premarket drug review.
Morpho Detection, Inc. (MDI), the explosives and narcotics detection business of Morpho, Safran group's security unit, recently announced it has received a delivery order from the U.S. Transportation Security Administration (TSA) for 32 CTX 9800 DSi explosives detection systems (EDS). The CTX 9800 is TSA-certified and uses computed tomography (CT) imaging technology to enhance operational efficiencies by screening bags faster and with fewer false alarms.
In an ongoing effort to reduce wait times at the International Bridge, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Office of Field Operations will pilot a project to bring vehicles to the inspection booths in less time.
In using risk assessments, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) figure out where the risks of contamination are, in the many steps it takes to get different kinds of foods from the farm to the table. Then we use scientific evidence and calculations to predict what the best ways are of preventing contamination by specific substances in specific foods.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has announced a proposed rule to require electronic reporting for certain information submitted to the agency under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA). The action is an important milestone in the agency's effort to increase transparency and public access to chemical information in order to help Americans protect their health and environment.
RAE Systems recently announced its ProRAE Guardian real-time wireless safety system for emergency responder, military, and national security customers. The ProRAE delivers time-critical data on toxic and flammable gases, chemical warfare agents (CWAs), radiation, and responders' physical condition and location, all of which enhances the responders safety and reduces incident response time.
A new study recently featured in the Journal of Food Science, published by the Institute of Food Technologists (IFT), analyzes products that could be targets for both the economically motivated adulteration of food and food ingredient fraud. According to the study, the database of food fraud presented in this research offers a starting point to better understand the scope, scale, and threat posed by food fraud issues.
The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has begun testing its new technology known as Credential Authentication Technology - Boarding Pass Scanning Systems (CAT-BPSS), which will scan a passenger's boarding pass and photo identification (ID), and then automatically verify that the names provided on both documents match and authenticate the boarding pass. The technology also identifies altered or fraudulent photo IDs by analyzing and comparing security features embedded in the IDs.
MorphoBIS is Morpho's next generation biometric identification system and the fusion of the leading Morpho and Printrak biometric identification technologies. The system's efficient processing of electronic biometric records will help the Colorado Bureau of Investigation (CBI) shift toward a fully paperless background check operation.
The new site features multimedia demonstrations to illustrate the science behind Gore's fabric technology. There is also an improved customer support section, detailing how to buy, care for, and repair Gore fabrics. The Fabric Solutions section of the site includes a full description of all available products and fabrics technologies geared toward the protection of military, law enforcement, fire, and safety personnel.
