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		<title>Breaking New Ground in Breast Cancer Treatment</title>
		<description><![CDATA[By: Robert Justice, M.D., M.S. The growth in drug development has begun to bear fruit, particularly for the treatment of breast cancer. As Commissioner Hamburg pointed out in her blog earlier this month, 40 percent of all drug development is &#8230; <a href="http://blogs.fda.gov/fdavoice/index.php/2012/10/breaking-new-ground-in-breast-cancer-treatment/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://blogs.fda.gov/fdavoice/index.php/2012/10/breaking-new-ground-in-breast-cancer-treatment/</link>
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		<title>How the Past has Influenced the Future of Breast Cancer Care</title>
		<description><![CDATA[By: Patricia Keegan, M.D. I have been with FDA for more than 20 years and an oncologist for 30 years. During this time, I have witnessed an evolving change in our understanding of cancer.  We once viewed cancer as a &#8230; <a href="http://blogs.fda.gov/fdavoice/index.php/2012/10/how-the-past-has-influenced-the-future-of-breast-cancer-care/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://blogs.fda.gov/fdavoice/index.php/2012/10/how-the-past-has-influenced-the-future-of-breast-cancer-care/</link>
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		<title>State and Local Partnerships Are Crucial</title>
		<description><![CDATA[By Margaret A. Hamburg, M.D. When there is a multi-state outbreak of illnesses, what federal agencies are doing in response is often the focus of attention. All too often, the dedicated efforts of countless other public servants at the state, &#8230; <a href="http://blogs.fda.gov/fdavoice/index.php/2012/10/state-and-local-partnerships-are-crucial/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://blogs.fda.gov/fdavoice/index.php/2012/10/state-and-local-partnerships-are-crucial/</link>
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		<title>FDA Works with Partners to Establish Important Therapeutic Area Data Standards</title>
		<description><![CDATA[By:  Janet Woodcock, M.D. Clarification, November 5, 2012:  CFAST is a joint initiative of CDISC and the Critical Path Institute.  The FDA and TransCelerate Biopharma, Inc. are partnering with CFAST in its Therapeutic Area Standards Program. A new partnership between &#8230; <a href="http://blogs.fda.gov/fdavoice/index.php/2012/10/fda-works-with-partners-to-establish-important-therapeutic-area-data-standards/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://blogs.fda.gov/fdavoice/index.php/2012/10/fda-works-with-partners-to-establish-important-therapeutic-area-data-standards/</link>
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		<title>National Mammography Day: Supporting Quality Mammography</title>
		<description><![CDATA[By: Marsha B. Henderson, M.R.C.P. and Helen Barr, M.D. Like millions of women, we go each year to get a mammogram. For us the experience is not just about healthy living. It is also a reminder of the value of &#8230; <a href="http://blogs.fda.gov/fdavoice/index.php/2012/10/national-mammography-day-supporting-quality-mammography/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://blogs.fda.gov/fdavoice/index.php/2012/10/national-mammography-day-supporting-quality-mammography/</link>
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		<title>Offering Hope: How FDA Engages With the Cancer Community</title>
		<description><![CDATA[By: Deborah Miller, Ph.D., M.P.H., R.N. It’s October and the pink ribbons representing breast cancer awareness month are again a common sighting. These ribbons are reminders that breast cancer is still to be overcome. Breast cancer remains the most common &#8230; <a href="http://blogs.fda.gov/fdavoice/index.php/2012/10/offering-hope-how-fda-engages-with-the-cancer-community/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://blogs.fda.gov/fdavoice/index.php/2012/10/offering-hope-how-fda-engages-with-the-cancer-community/</link>
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		<title>Looking Back at the Kefauver-Harris Drug Amendments and their Meaning</title>
		<description><![CDATA[By: John P. Swann, Ph. D. The Drug Amendments of 1962, also known as the Kefauver-Harris Drug Amendments, became law five decades ago. But this law’s importance grows with each passing year, making Americans safer than ever from unsafe and &#8230; <a href="http://blogs.fda.gov/fdavoice/index.php/2012/10/looking-back-at-the-kefauver-harris-drug-amendments-and-their-meaning/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://blogs.fda.gov/fdavoice/index.php/2012/10/looking-back-at-the-kefauver-harris-drug-amendments-and-their-meaning/</link>
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		<title>BeSafeRx: FDA Helping Consumers Avoid Risks of Online Prescription Drug Purchases</title>
		<description><![CDATA[By: Ilisa Bernstein, Pharm.D., J.D. As a pharmacist who cares about patients’ individual medication needs, I am delighted to share my thoughts on FDA’s latest effort to protect patients from fraudulent, illegal online pharmacies. We’ve just launched BeSafeRx – Know &#8230; <a href="http://blogs.fda.gov/fdavoice/index.php/2012/10/besaferx-fda-helping-consumers-avoid-risks-of-online-prescription-drug-purchases/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://blogs.fda.gov/fdavoice/index.php/2012/10/besaferx-fda-helping-consumers-avoid-risks-of-online-prescription-drug-purchases/</link>
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		<title>Strengthening Science at FDA to Improve Food Safety</title>
		<description><![CDATA[By: Michael R. Taylor, J.D. Science is the foundation—the critical underpinning—of everything FDA does to protect public health, and food safety is no exception.   Congress recognized this basic fact when it enacted the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA), which &#8230; <a href="http://blogs.fda.gov/fdavoice/index.php/2012/10/strengthening-science-at-fda-to-improve-food-safety/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://blogs.fda.gov/fdavoice/index.php/2012/10/strengthening-science-at-fda-to-improve-food-safety/</link>
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		<title>Celebrating a Public Health Milestone: The Kefauver-Harris Drug Amendments</title>
		<description><![CDATA[By: Margaret Hamburg, M.D. My predecessor, FDA Commissioner George Larrick, once said that, with the exception of 1906 and 1938, no date had more significance in the agency’s history than October 10, 1962, when President Kennedy signed into law the &#8230; <a href="http://blogs.fda.gov/fdavoice/index.php/2012/10/celebrating-a-public-health-milestone-the-kefauver-harris-drug-amendments/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://blogs.fda.gov/fdavoice/index.php/2012/10/celebrating-a-public-health-milestone-the-kefauver-harris-drug-amendments/</link>
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