Dental amalgams
This article was originally published in The Gray Sheet
Executive Summary
Stakeholders are granted an additional month to send FDA peer-reviewed articles dealing with dental amalgam health risks. Submissions are now due by July 1 (1"The Gray Sheet" May 12, 2003, In Brief)...
You may also be interested in...
Dental amalgam call-for-papers
FDA seeks reference information for peer-reviewed journal articles that discuss the health impact of dental amalgam and were published from Jan. 1, 1996 to June 1, 2003. Submissions to FDA are due by June 2. The 1May 9 request is part of FDA's preparation for the latest in a series of literature reviews on the topic that will start later this year. Sponsored by FDA, CDC and the National Institute of Dental & Craniofacial Research, the review will be conducted by an independent group. Prior reviews concluded that, for the most part, dental amalgam poses no serious health threat. Last month, however, Rep. Diane Watson (R-Calif.) introduced 2HR 1680, a bill seeking to ban use of mercury fillings introduced into interstate commerce after 2008...
Biogen Sees Improving Momentum In Slow Leqembi Launch
Sales of the company’s new drugs have a lot of growing to do to make up for older products’ declines, but Biogen highlighted signs of strength for new launches in its Q1 report.
Vivalink Partners With Rett Syndrome Research Trust To Accelerate Research In Rare Disease
Vivalink will provide ECG wearable technology to monitor patients in RSRT’s Vibrant study, which is aimed at assessing autonomic dysfunction in children with Rett syndrome.