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Senate Judiciary Committee Votes To Confirm Sotomayor; Full Senate Expected To Vote Next Week
The Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday voted 13-6 in favor of Judge Sonia Sotomayor"s confirmation to the Supreme Court, the AP/Yahoo! News reports. All Democrats and one Republican -- Sen. Lindsey Graham (S.C.) -- supported the nomination (AP/Yahoo! News, 7/28). The full Senate is expected to vote on the nomination before the August recess, The Hill reports (Rushing, The Hill, 7/27). Sotomayor likely will be confirmed by the full Senate, as almost all Senate Democrats have said they will vote to confirm and Republicans have pledged not to filibuster. In addition to Graham, four other Republicans have said they will support Sotomayor"s confirmation -- Sens. Susan Collins (Maine), Richard Lugar (Ind.), Mel Martinez (Fla.) and Olympia Snowe (Maine) (The Hill, 7/27).On Monday, Senate Finance Committee ranking member Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) became the latest Republican to say he would vote against Sotomayor. He said, "At her confirmation hearing, ... I was not convinced that Judge Sotomayor understands the rights given to Americans under the Constitution, or that she will refrain from expanding or restricting those rights based on her personal preferences." Grassley added, "There"s no doubt that Judge Sotomayor has the credentials on paper to be a justice on the Supreme Court," but "her nomination hearing left me with more questions than answers about her judicial philosophy, and I cannot support her nomination" (Phillips, "The Caucus," New York Times, 7/27). Graham said, "I don"t know how you could say she"s not qualified for the job; her record is long and deep -- it"s left of center but within the mainstream." He added that "her speeches disturbed me, but I"m not going to make the judgment based on a speech; I"m going to look at her actual record" (Raju, Politico, 7/28).Americans United for Life urged senators to vote against Sotomayor and noted that the group will include the vote in its annual scorecard. The group said that it is concerned she would "undermine any efforts by our elected representatives to pass even the most widely accepted regulations on abortion and circumvent the will of the people" (Hirschfeld Davis, AP/Google, 7/28).

BIO Testifies On Importance Of Data Exclusivity And Patent Protection In Pathway For Approval Of Biosimilars
The Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO) testified yesterday before the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Courts and Competition Policy on "Biologics and Biosimilars: Balancing Incentives for Innovation."
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Ohio State Start-Up To Commercialize MRI-Compatible Treadmill
An Ohio State University researcher is shifting his development of an MRI-compatible treadmill to his start-up company and plans to have a device ready for clinical testing in three months. The treadmill could allow physicians to measure a patient"s heart during peak stress more accurately than the echocardiograph and nuclear imaging processes now widely used.
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Review Of CPD Records Goes Live - Royal Pharmaceutical Society Of Great Britain

The routine call and review of Continuing Professional Development (CPD) records will begin on 27 July 2009 the Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain has announced today. This last stage in the implementation of CPD to the profession means that the Society will routinely ask practising pharmacists and registered practising pharmacy technicians to submit their records for review and feedback. The introduction of regular call and review is associated with the publication in March of new CPD standards and guidance, under the Code of Ethics for Pharmacists and Pharmacy Technicians. Its implementation follows two successful pilots involving over 1,000 pharmacists and pharmacy technicians. Janet Flint, the Society"s CPD Lead and Head of Support Staff Regulation said: "Call and review has been launched by the Society to prepare pharmacists and pharmacy technicians for the introduction of statutory CPD in 2010, when the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC) is established. It is hoped that the new system will encourage engagement and help to address any difficulties registrants might have with their CPD record keeping. "The Society will provide a supportive and facilitative approach and registrants will be provided with relevant tools to undergo the robust review process." The Society"s CPD standards require registrants to keep a record of their CPD either online at the Society"s CPD website, on their PC via the desktop program or on paper using the Society"s published or approved format. Registrants are required to make a minimum of nine entries per year from 1 March 2009. If requested, registrants must submit their record within six weeks, advising the Society in advance if they are unable to meet the deadline. Registrants will receive feedback on their entries within eight weeks. Notes The Society"s Council agreed that CPD records should be maintained and reviewed under the Code of Ethics in April 2008 and the standards and guidance were approved after a 12-week consultation in February 2009. CPD recording and review is mandatory under the Code of Ethics for pharmacists and pharmacy technicians until statutory arrangements are made by the GPhC in 2010. Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain


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