NewsBlog: New FASEB head focuses on election Posted by Alison McCook [Entry posted at 3rd July 2008 10:24 PM GMT] Richard Marchase, the 93rd president of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology (FASEB), who took office this week, said he plans to continue to focus on encouraging US voters in the upcoming November elections to consider science issues. "The upcoming Presidential election and the incoming administration present unique opportunities to highlight the importance of biomedical research on a national scale," he said in a press release. Marchase, the ... Click to continue View comments (4) | Comment on this blog NewsBlog: Diet drug duke-out Posted by Alison McCook [Entry posted at 1st July 2008 07:16 PM GMT] When you're a pharmaceutical company hoping to turn a profit on a controversial product, your work never stops, it would appear. Although, I suppose that's true of any pharmaceutical company nowadays... GlaxoSmithKline, marketers of the over-the-counter weight-loss drug alli, which we profiled in last month's issue, is asking the FDA to force weight-loss supplement sellers to conduct clinical... Click to continue View comments (5) | Comment on this blog

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