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Law Library of Congress Publishes Report on Selected Issues in Biotechnology Regulation

Nanotech

The comparative summary provides the following information: The post Law Library of Congress Publishes Report on Selected Issues in Biotechnology Regulation appeared first on Bergeson & Campbell, P.C.

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Canada to Recognize Right to a Healthy Environment

Manning Law

The Government of Canada announced today that it will modernize the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999 (CEPA) and, in so doing, will recognize Canadians’ right to a healthy environment. In Canada, jurisdiction to regulate the environment is shared between the provinces and the Federal Government.

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GAO Publishes Science & Tech Spotlight on Biorecycling of Plastics

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Government Accountability Office (GAO) published a Science & Tech Spotlight on biorecycling of plastics. To what extent do current laws and regulations appropriately address concerns regarding the industrial use of engineered enzymes for biorecycling, while still allowing for their development? Bergeson and Carla N.

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OSTP Publishes RFIs on Coordinated Framework for the Regulation of Biotechnology and National Biotechnology and Biomanufacturing Initiative

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As reported in our September 13, 2022, blog item , on September 12, 2022, President Joseph Biden signed an Executive Order creating a National Biotechnology and Biomanufacturing Initiative (NBBI) to accelerate biotechnology innovation and grow America’s bioeconomy across multiple sectors in industries such as health, agriculture, and energy.

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Dr. Marlen Vasquez – We have overcome the most challenging issues, now we need to speed up the process #WomeninScience

Frontiers

You’re an academic now, but you have also worked as a secondary school teacher, a health inspector and a researcher in the government. Through my studies I was able to educate at secondary school level, become a water regulator, address policy issues, and perform research directed at solving policy-implementation issues.

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Biden Administration Announces New Goals and Priorities to Advance Biotechnology and Biomanufacturing

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Hutton As reported in our September 13, 2022, blog item , President Joseph Biden signed an Executive Order (EO) on September 12, 2022, creating a National Biotechnology and Biomanufacturing Initiative “that will ensure we can make in the United States all that we invent in the United States.” Bergeson and Carla N. innovators.

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Handwerker Named to National Law Journal 2021 'Health Care/Life Science Trailblazers' Report

Arnold Porter

Handwerker notes in The National Law Journal that his representation of COVID-19 vaccines and therapeutics manufacturers in negotiations with government agencies, communications with Congress, and developing distribution plans has been "a great source of pride over the last year."

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