Animal Biotech Products to Include Novel Medicines and Better Foods

Breakthroughs in **human health care** and **food production** from the genetic engineering of animals are closer to being realized now that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is finalizing a regulatory system. The FDA announced today it will make final the guidance describing a regulatory framework for governing genetically engineered (GE) animals. The draft guidance was initially issued on September 18, 2008, and the agency took public comments until November 18, 2008. Dr. Barbara Glenn, Managing Director for Animal Biotechnology at the Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO) released the following statement expressing the industry’s support for the FDA’s actions today: “BIO is pleased that the FDA has made final the first U.S. government regulatory guidance governing genetically engineered animals. This system will ensure the products made available through this science will go through a rigorous and transparent review process before being approved for the marketplace. Source "BIO":[ http://www.bio.org/]

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