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A widely used anti-obesity drug, Sibutramine, has come under the US regulatory body Food and Drug Administration (FDA) scanner while the European Medicines Evaluation Agency (EMEA) has already barred its usage with recommendations that doctors stop prescribing the drug and pharmacists told not to dispense.
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There has been a news in the popular media that the WHO has erred in case of H1N1 pandemic. Here is the clarification from WHO to put the things in the right perspective. WHO denies charges of pharma companies influencing decisions on H1N1 Pandemic

Denying charges of being hand in glove with pharmaceutical companies to fuel the H1N1 scare, the WHO has said it has numerous safeguards in place to manage influence by the profit-driven pharmaceutical industry on its expert group of advisors.
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For STOX members only!

IUTOX will provide financial support to individuals attending the twelfth international Congress of Toxicology (ICT XII) in Barcelona, Spain from July 19–23, 2010. Our ICT meetings occur only once every three years and offer the opportunity to learn the latest developments in toxicological science and regulation through general scientific sessions and continuing education classes.

Two types of fellowships will be awarded. Junior toxicologist fellowships are aimed at individuals at an early stage in their careers. Senior toxicologist fellowships are aimed at those involved in organizational activities in their own national society. The fellowships will assist recipients with their travel and accommodation expenses. The ICT XII organizers will waive the meeting registration fee for up to 40 fellowship recipients. Application and evaluation criteria are indicated below. Read more » »

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The following was the email received by me, which, on the first glance appears genuine and one might fall prey to it. If you reply to such mails, your mail account is going to be hijacked and your address book will be used for misleading and extortion of money by scamsters. So do not, I repeat, do not ever provide your login and password details. Genuine mail providers never ask for such details.

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The XXIX Annual Conference of STOX was successfully held at NIN, Hyderabad. The event was a grand success, with nearly 300 delegates participating in the pre-conference workshop and the conference.

The abstracts of the presentations made would be posted soon on the site, for the benefit of the members who could not make it to the event.

The first DABT examination was successfully held at Bangalore Veterinary College on 9th and 10th October 2009. On this historical event of holding the examination outside America and Europe, the President of American Board of Toxicology, Dr. John Lipscombe personally proctored the Examination. A total of 28 candidates wrote the examination, including a candidate from Malaysia. Dr. K.S. Rao and Prof. K. Jayakumar were the Indian co-ordinators.