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GA 2013

March 28th, 2013

61st International Congress and Annual Meeting of the Society of Medicinal Planta and Natural Products Researfch (GA), Münster, Germany, September 1-5, 2013 (abstract deadline: April 15, 2013); http://www.ga2013.org

Bradley Moore receives ACS Arthur C. Cope Scholar Award

March 19th, 2013

Bradley S. Moore (ASP Vice-President) has been named as a 2013 receipient of the American Chemical Society Arthur C. Cope Scholar Award (C&E News, Mar 4, p 60).  The award is bestowed to recognize outstanding achievement in organic chemistry.  Bradley’s award is in recognition of his efforts to understand the biosynthesis of complex marine nature [...]

The Mary Frances Picciano Dietary Supplement Research Practicum

February 13th, 2013

The Office of Dietary Supplements (ODS) at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) is pleased to announce that online applications are now being accepted for the 7th Annual Mary Frances Picciano Dietary Supplement Research Practicum scheduled for June 4– 7, 2013. The practicum will be held at Natcher Conference Center and Lister Hill Center, located [...]

FDA Approves Crofelemer as First-Ever Oral Botanical Drug

January 3rd, 2013

“On New Year’s Eve of 2012, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced its approval of crofelemer (Fulyzaq™, Salix Pharmaceuticals, Ltd., Raleigh, North Carolina) — marking the second time a botanical, and the first time an orally administered botanical, has received drug approval…”


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