NAS Releases Report on Preparing for Future Biotech Products
Friday, 2017/03/24 | 07:58:24
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The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NAS) Committee on Future Biotechnology Products and Opportunities to Enhance the Capabilities of the Biotechnology Regulatory System has released the prepublication version of a new report, Preparing for Future Products of Biotechnology on March 9, 2017.
The new report is part of an effort that was initiated in July 2015 by the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy's (OSTP) to clarify the roles of agencies responsible in regulating products of biotechnology. The NAS was tasked by the three regulatory agencies (US Environmental Protection Agency [EPA], U.S. Food and Drug Administration [FDA], and U.S. Department of Agriculture [USDA]) to look into the future and describe possible future products of biotechnology over the next five to ten years, as well as providing some insights that can help shape the capabilities within the agencies as they move forward.
The committee has three recommendations in responding to these challenges, which it states should be taken to "enhance the ability of the biotechnology regulatory system to oversee the consumer safety and environmental protection required for future biotechnology products":
For more details, read the prepublication copy of the report on the NAS website. |
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