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AngryToxicologist is a scientist in the public health sector, knows plenty about toxicology, and is occasionally angry about it all. Drop me a line at tox@angrytoxicologist.com.
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SawMichael Clayton*** out of 5
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Category: Non-Science Fridays
So, I haven't posted in a while. I could explain to you why, but that's just boring. I'll be posting more starting next week. And you'll like it! The FDA gave out bigger bonuses this year than last reports the...
Posted by angrytoxicologist at 12:19 PM • 5 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: The way things are
The hubris of these people is stunning to think that they can devise a cell-based screen to predict possible toxicities when we don't even understand completely how cells work, much less how they interact, much less how millions of processes are interrelated in a whole animal. If we understood all this stuff don't you think we'd know how to cure diseases and develop drugs that only targeted what you wanted them to target?
Posted by angrytoxicologist at 10:55 AM • 6 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: The way things are
Two things got me thinking about the upcoming topic. 1) I saw "Into the Woods" recently and there's a part where the old hermit asks the baker how much $ a son would be worth (he's trying to have a...
Posted by angrytoxicologist at 7:26 AM • 67 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Media
A reader sent an article from The Pink Sheet (an industry rag focused on Pharma). If you've never read industry-specific news publications, you're really missing out. They're really facinating and instructive. Sometimes you get early knowledge about industry trends and...
Posted by angrytoxicologist at 7:46 AM • 3 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: The way things are
After the dust up last week about violent anti-animal testing groups (coast down through the comments on the linked Denialism post to get the short version of my take), two things stuck in my head. One, the Dalai Lama says...
Posted by angrytoxicologist at 8:52 AM • 11 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: The way things are
I couldn't have said it better myself so I won't try. I stumbled accross this yesterday (it's about a month old). Via Slate. This week, some big thinkers about biotechnology came to Washington for a "progressive bioethics summit." They invited...
Posted by angrytoxicologist at 7:09 AM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: The way things are
That's the hed for the Washington Post story on the study that found that doctors ignored or dismissed patients concerns about side effects and didn't report them to MedWatch (the FDA system for collecting side effects). The Post goes through...
Posted by angrytoxicologist at 8:05 AM • 4 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: The way things are
What do the Abigail Alliance and steroid use have to do with each other? Read on. The US DC Court of Appeals on Tuesday overturned the finding for the Abigail Alliance and ruled for the FDA (supported by the American...
Posted by angrytoxicologist at 8:30 AM • 26 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
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