President signs Animal Drug User Fee Act
On Nov. 18, President Bush signed the Animal Drug User Fee Act, helping to dramatically reduce the review time for new animal drugs. [more]

New restrictions for preventing monkeypox spread finalized
The Food and Drug Administration and national Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued an interim final rule in November establishing new restrictions and modifying others to prevent transmission of monkeypox, a rare viral disease. [more]

FDA assesses safety of food products from cloned animals
The Food and Drug Administration has released a draft executive summary of a document that assesses the safety of food products derived from animal clones. [more]