The Future of FDA's Electronic Safety Surveillance. The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is an information-driven agency that requires robust data to make regulatory decisions. One of our key obligations is to analyze large quantities of data related to the safety and effectiveness of medical products; and turn these signals into information that can help patients and providers make more informed decisions.
(FDA, 1/9/19)
DoD Selects Smiths Detection for Advanced Development of Aerosol and Vapor Chemical Agent Detector. Smiths Detection (SDI) has been selected by the U.S. Department of Defense's (DOD) Joint Program Executive Office for Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear Defense (JPEO-CBRND)'s Joint Project Manager, Nuclear Biological Chemical Contamination Avoidance (JPM-NBC CA) to be one of the suppliers to design and engineer an Aerosol and Vapor Chemical Agent Detector (AVCAD). AVCAD is the next step in miniaturized chemical detection.
(CBRNE Central, 1/9/19)
NEWS
Rep. Lowey Introduces Bill to Provide Relief for Hurricane, Natural Disaster Victims. The bill would authorize $12.1 billion in emergency spending, including $3.0 billion for infrastructure and economic and community development, $2.5 billion for resiliency funding to mitigate damage from future disasters that are accelerating in number due to climate change, $1.9 billion in assistance to farmers and rural communities, and $1.5 billion for the Departments of Defense and Veterans Affairs to repair and reconstruct damaged facilities.
(Homeland Preparedness News, 1/9/19)
