2007 News Items

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12/26/2007	President Signs Omnibus Appropriations Bill - Includes $17.5 Million for Basic Nuclear Medicine Research
12/19/2007	Senate Passed Omnibus Appropriations Bill - Iraq Addition Sent to the House
12/18/2007	House Passed Omnibus Appropriations Bill - Basic Nuclear Medicine Research Funding Addressed
12/18/2007	January Meeting of the Independent External Review Panel To Identify Vulnerabilities in the NRC Materials Licensing Program
12/16/2007	NRU Reactor Returned to Service
12/13/2007	MDS Nordion Releases Letter to Customers Regarding the Mo-99 Supply
12/13/2007	AECL Press Release - NRU Reactor Ready For Service
12/13/2007	NRC Issues RIS 2007-27, Improving Public Understanding of the Risks Associated With Medical Events
12/13/2007	Legislative Solution to Mo-99 Shortage Received Royal Assent - NRU Reactor to Restart
12/12/2007	House of Commons Fast-Tracked Legislation Addressing NRU Reactor
12/11/2007	AECL Committed to Returning NRU Reactor to Service
12/11/2007	Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission Ready to Evaluate AECL Safety Case
12/7/2007	CNSC Statement Regarding AECL's NRU reactor
12/6/2007	Health Policy and Regulatory Affairs Newsletter, November 2007
12/5/2007	MDS Nordion Provides Update to Customers on AECL's Medical Isotope Supply Disruption
12/3/2007	MDS Nordion Provides Update to Medical Isotope Customers
11/26/2007	NRC ACMUI Teleconference on December 12
11/13/2007	NRC Announces Final NUREG-1556, Volume 21
11/5/2007	National Oncologic PET Registry (NOPR) Takes Another Step Forward
11/5/2007	Significant Changes in Store for Hospitals as CMS Posts HOPPS 2008 Final Rule
11/1/2007	Health Policy and Regulatory Affairs Newsletter, October 2007
10/29/2007	Health Care Professionals to Participate in "Virtual March" For Patient Safety Legislation
10/25/2007	NRC Denies Stein Petition
10/17/2007	NRC Releases New RIS Regarding Implementation of the NARM Rule
10/16/2007	FDA Publishes Prescription Drug and Medical Device User Fee Rates for FY 2008
10/9/2007	NRC Establishes New Advisory Panel on Nuclear Licensing Vulnerabilities
10/5/2007	NRC ACMUI to Meet on October 22-23
10/4/2007	Health Policy and Regulatory Affairs Newsletter, September 2007
10/1/2007	NRC Publishes Requirements for Expanded Definition of Byproduct Material - Final NARM Rule
9/24/2007	Joint Commission Medication Management Standard 4.10 - Pharmacist Review and Use of Protocols for Nuclear Medicine and MRI Services
9/13/2007	Health Policy and Regulatory Affairs Newsletter, August 2007
9/12/2007	NRC Releases Summer Issue of the FSME-NMSS Licensee Newsletter
9/10/2007	Edward McGaffigan Jr., Longest-Serving NRC Commissioner, Dies
9/10/2007	California Releases Clarification of June 18 Information Notice - Technologist Requirements for Operating PET/CT and SPECT/CT
5/21/2007	NRC Announces Appointment of New Member to the Advisory Committee on Medical Uses of Isotopes
5/15/2007	NRC Approves Final Rule on Expanded Definition of Byproduct Material
5/3/2007	President Bush Nominates New Commissioner for NRC
5/1/2007	FDA 2007 Small Business Administration Drug Educational Forum Presentations Available
4/19/2007	NRC Releases Draft Final Rule on NARM
4/9/2007	FDA Releases Draft Guidance for Industry on the Content and Format of the Dosage and Administration Section of Labeling for Human Prescription Drug and Biological Products
4/3/2007	Health Policy and Regulatory Affairs Newsletter, March 2007
3/29/2007	NRC Releases RIS Addressing Status of NARM Rulemaking
3/23/2007	2007 RT in DC Hill Event Held to Support CARE Legislation
3/2/2007	OSHA Seeks Information from Stakeholders on Ionizing Radiation
3/1/2007	Health Policy and Regulatory Affairs Newsletter, February 2007
1/12/2007	NRC Announces Availability of NRC 313A Series of Forms and Guidance for their Completion
1/8/2007	NRC Commissioner Edward McGaffigan to Leave Agency