Cellestis Receives FDA Approval for Blood Test for Detecting Tuberculosis (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
QuantiFERON -TB Gold In- Tube is Poised to Set the Standard from Kalispell to Key West for Accurate & Effective Tuberculosis Screening

FDA Commissioner Meets With Chinese Minister Of Health And Other Senior Chinese Government Officials On Import Safety (Medical News Today)
Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Andrew C. von Eschenbach, M.D., met this week with leading officials in China, as part of a series of negotiations launched by Health and Human Services Secretary Mike Leavitt with Chinese counterparts on the safety of food, feed, drugs and medical devices. [click link for full article]

FDA approves fewer Indian copycat drugs (Indian Express via Yahoo! India News)
The number of approved abbreviated new drug applications (ANDAs) filed by Indian pharmaceutical companies-which have aggressively launched copycat versions of off-patent drugs in the US market-has declined dramatically in the last four months. Generic companies file ANDAs to obtain marketing approvals for drugs whose patents expire in the United States, the world's largest pharma market. Last ...