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FDA Steps Up Support For Advanced Manufacturing Technologies The latest article by FDA Commissioner Hahn 1 is one of a string of communications and guidances emphasizing the agency’s support for the adoption of advanced manufacturing technologies (AMTs) and processes. The FDA has defined advanced manufacturing as new and emerging approaches for the production of medical technologies that can improve drug quality, address shortages of medicines, and speed time-to-market. The agency recognizes that AMT subsumes a broad swath of production techniques, including: The integration of novel techno...

Artificial Pancreas on the Horizon An artificial pancreas could revolutionize the treatment of diabetes, and it may only be a few years away. From the WebMD Archives For millions of people with diabetes worldwide, life is a series of fingersticks, injections, and surges and dips in blood sugar levels. But with its promise of automatically regulating a person's blood sugar, the artificial pancreas could change all that. "The artificial pancreas will revolutionize the treatment of diabetes," says Eric Renard, MD, PhD, professor of endocrinology, diabetes and metabolism at Montpellier Medi...