The HPA said it would not release details of the drug user's sex or age due to patient confidentiality.
"Usually when someone has a problem with drugs, the last person to notice it is the drug user, " Martin said.
Recent studies also indicate that the dopamine activity in the brain of a digital multi-tasker is similar to that in a drug user.
The agency said it was the fifth case of a drug user in England becoming ill with anthrax, which is a severe bacterial infection.
That was when the FDA had a deadline, under the Prescription Drug User Fee Act, to let Pfizer know its decision on the drug.
In addition to renewing the prescription drug user fees, the FDA is seeking to create two new user fees for generic drugs and more complex biosimilars.
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Dyax submitted its reply on June 1, 2009, and the FDA set a decision deadline of December 1 under the Prescription Drug User Fee Act (PDUFA).
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The new generic drug user fees would help minimize the backlog of 2, 500 generic drug applications awaiting review, as generic drugs continue to be on the rise.
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Instead, the Senate is going to vote soon on a bill that reauthorizes the Prescription Drug User Fee Act (PDUFA), which is set to expire later this year.
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Since the advent of the Prescription Drug User Fee Act in 1992, biotech investors have come to expect the agency to be far more predictable than it actually is.
Information about any unusual infection in a drug user should be given to the local public health consultant who should inform the Scottish Centre for Infection and Environmental Health.
Drug safety legislation could be coupled to the re-approval of the Prescription Drug User Fee Act, a 1997 law that sped up drug approvals by getting drug firms to help pay for the process.
Many people who once backed Armstrong, following years of allegations about his potentially being a drug user, have now expressed their anger at his apparent duplicity but Baden said there was no point in recriminations.
Last time FDA had its budget clipped (by a much smaller amount) it used the shortfall as reason to back off some of its commitments under the Prescription Drug User Fee Act (PDUFA) to review applications on pre-determined timetables.
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What makes Congress's failure to change the criteria for a small drug developer especially surprising is that outside the purview of the drug user fee legislation, the SBA's size limitation for a small business has been raised to 750 employees.
For several years, drugmakers have been paying fees when they file new drug applications that the FDA uses to pay its reviewers, under a law called the prescription drug user fee act, or PDUFA. In return, the FDA promises to deliver some decision--even if it's just "needs more data"--by a given date, called the PDUFA date.
Norway saw a similar story last year, when its crown prince chose as his bride a single mother with a child by a convicted drug-user.
On the other hand, as recently as 1993, Belgium's Prince Alexandre de Merode, who is head of the International Olympic Committee's medical commission, said that he believed one-in-ten Olympic athletes was a regular drug-user.
Given recent innovations in Internet, mobile and mapping technologies, the pharmaceutical industry has a unique opportunity to leverage its resources to increase the transparency of drug procurement and distribution in the developing world through user generated reporting and content.
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The defense had hoped to use Reichardt to lay the groundwork for its theory that the murders were committed by drug dealers pursuing Resnick, a self-described cocaine user.
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The opportunity for user-generated content around counterfeit and authentic drug receipt is not only important for affected populations, but for us, as consumers, so that we can know that drug companies are playing their part as corporate citizens.
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The Orphan Drug Act, enacted in 1982, provides incentives--including tax credits and exemption from user fees--for the development of drugs for rare diseases.
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