Consumer, Health and Family Law (Mondaq)
The growing trend toward factoring ethical issues (also known as "other legitimate factors" in the framework of the Codex Alimentarius Commission) into food manufacturing, marketing and purchasing decisions is likely to continue, and perhaps even increase, over the course of the coming year.

Coming Soon: Faster, Yet Still Safe, Clinical Trials (HealthDay via Yahoo! News)
WEDNESDAY, March 29 (HealthDay News) -- In an ideal world, new, effective and safe medications would sail through clinical trials in just a couple of years.

Axcan submits FDA amendment to its new drug application for HELIZIDE (CNW Group via Yahoo! Finance)
Axcan Pharma Inc. announced today that it has submitted an amendment to its New Drug Application for HELIZIDE, its patented capsule therapy for the eradication of Helicobacter pylori.