Nanotech Commercialization and Regulation Featured
The most recent issue of Washington Lawyer featured an extensive cover story on nanotech commercialization and regulation. The current mood for cost-cutting in the federal government, as well as state...
View ArticleCongress Hears Nano Testimony
A leading House subcommittee, Research and Science Education, heard testimony on April 14, 2011 on nanotechnology funding. A few brief highlights: The testimony was more product oriented compared to...
View ArticleRecent Developments in Patent Issues Related to Nanotechnology Standards
The importance of standard setting for nanotechnology development has long been recognized. One important organization for standard setting is ASTM International. May 15, 2011 will kick-off ASTM’s...
View ArticleThe Obama Administration on Nanotech: A Top Priority (Finally)
Nanotech made headlines on June 9, 2011. Tom Kalil from the Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP) wrote about nanotechnology, informing readers about regulatory updates in nanotechnology. A...
View ArticleNanomaterials Update — Federal Agencies Issue New Policy Guidance Documents...
By Sarah Slack, Michael Flanagan, and J. Steven Rutt In June 2011, several federal agencies issued policy guidance documents regarding the regulation of nanomaterials. Although the guidance documents...
View ArticleUpdates in NanoEHS
NNI’s Website, www.nano.gov, is showing some additional activity that may indicate the site is finally awake and active for good. NNI posted four reports today that are the products of a series of...
View ArticleNanotech Regulatory Update: Will 2012 be the Year of Nano Regulations?
EPA and FDA both started 2012 by receiving criticism for their lack of management of nanomaterials in products the agencies regulate. EPA’s inspector general published a report released on December 29,...
View ArticleNanoparticles in the Environment – EHS Now Part of Undergraduate Research
Interesting example yesterday for how nanotechnology is presented to the public and forming part of our educational systems, including EHS aspects. We visited Virginia Tech for the day as part of my...
View Article“Onslaught of Nanotech Drugs Coming Down the Pike” (For FDA Review)
The September 3, 2012 issue of C&EN discusses what it calls an “onslaught of nanotech drugs coming down the pike” for FDA review. See article entitled “Mapping Nanotech Drugs’ Landscape,” pp. 46,...
View ArticleReview of “Cellular Surgeons: The New Era of Nanomedicine”
“Cellular surgeons” and “molecular E.R.” are just some of the fascinating concepts that were under discussion at the May 30th World Science Festival’s “Cellular Surgeons: The New Era of Nanomedicine”...
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