A Clearer Regulatory Pathway for Cell Therapy May Help Improve Investment Cell therapy took an important step forward recently in the U.S. when the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services suggested that the federal government reimburse older men who use Dendreon’s drug Provenge for the approved hormone-refractory prostate cancer indication. [Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, United States] NIH Director: Fewer Than One in Five Grant Applications May Get Funded This Year At a Senate hearing, National Institutes of Health Director Francis Collins warned that the fraction of grant applications that are funded this year could drop below 20% for the first time. [National Institutes of Health, United States] Science Escapes Cuts in Australian Budget Despite cuts of about Aus $22 billion (US $24 billion) in the 2011–12 Australian budget, announced on 10 May, scientists are relieved that spending on the major research agencies has been maintained. [Australian Government, Australia] Ten-Year Plan Aims to Make Slovenia a Regional Science Leader Slovenia’s parliament is expected to approve a 10-year strategy to give the country’s research and innovation sectors a major facelift. The plan aims to boost government funding for science, attract more scientific talent from abroad, and make the nation of 2 million the science and innovation hub of the western Balkans. [Slovenian Parliament, Slovenia] Center for Scientific Review; Notice of Closed Meetings (FR Doc No: 2011-11397) [National Institutes of Health, United States] Center for Scientific Review; Cancellation of Meeting (FR Doc No: 2011-11404) [National Institutes of Health, United States] Center for Scientific Review; Notice of Closed Meetings (FR Doc No: 2011-11661) [National Institutes of Health, United States] Center for Scientific Review; Notice of Closed Meetings (FR Doc No: 2011-11661) [National Institutes of Health, United States] Center for Scientific Review; Notice of Closed Meeting (FR Doc No: 2011-11938) [National Institutes of Health, United States] Center for Scientific Review; Notice of Closed Meetings (FR Doc No: 2011-11960) [National Institutes of Health, United States] Center for Scientific Review; Amended Notice of Meeting (FR Doc No: 2011-11663) [National Institutes of Health, United States] Center for Scientific Review; Amended Notice of Meeting (FR Doc No: 2011-11667) [National Institutes of Health, United States] Center for Scientific Review; Amended Notice of Meeting (FR Doc No: 2011-11780) [National Institutes of Health, United States] Center for Scientific Review; Amended Notice of Meeting (FR Doc No: 2011-11663) [National Institutes of Health, United States] Center for Scientific Review; Amended Notice of Meeting (FR Doc No: 2011-11667) [National Institutes of Health, United States] Center for Scientific Review; Amended Notice of Meeting (FR Doc No: 2011-11786) [National Institutes of Health, United States] Center for Scientific Review; Amended Notice of Meeting (FR Doc No: 2011-11921) [National Institutes of Health, United States] Center for Scientific Review; Amended Notice of Meeting (FR Doc No: 2011-11949) [National Institutes of Health, United States] Laboratory Animal Welfare: Proposed Adoption and Implementation of the Eighth Edition of the Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals (FR Doc No: 2011-11490) [National Institutes of Health, United States] National Institutes of Health Notice of Meeting (FR Doc No: 2011-11791) [National Institutes of Health, United States] Agency Information Collection Activities; Announcement of Office of Management and Budget Approval; Information From United States Firms and Processors That Export to the European Community [FR Doc No: 2011-11360] [Food and Drug Administration, United States] |