FDA eyes Amgen, Genzyme drugs for radiological/nuclear MCMs
This article was originally published in Scrip
Executive Summary
While the bombs that were triggered by terrorists on 15 April in Boston did not contain radioactive materials, in the wake of that disaster, which demonstrated the ease at which an explosive device could be placed in a crowd unnoticed, and the ongoing threat from North Korea, the FDA is convening its first-ever advisory committee meeting to consider medical countermeasures (MCM) for use in the radiological/nuclear incident setting on 3 May.