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News for the biotech, medical device, drug and food regulatory profession | December 9, 2008
 
 
Editor's Viewpoint
  • Looking back at 2008
     
    Ashley McMaster, Lead Editor
    I have had the pleasure during the course of 2008 to deliver the news that matters most to you and the food and drug law industry. Part I of this FDLI SmartBrief special year-end report rounds up the most important trends, stories and events of the past year. Part II, which will arrive in your inbox Thursday, will provide a glimpse into what you -- the readers of FDLI SmartBrief -- and I think 2009 has in store, as well as an events calendar for the coming year.

    This year began with news of President George W. Bush's proposal to increase funds for the FDA, which eventually led to approval of an appropriations bill that included an additional $275 million in funding. Food safety remained a dominant topic this year following major food recalls, and it undoubtedly will be a significant issue to tackle for President-elect Barack Obama's administration. In the second half of 2008, the biotechnology industry's smaller firms faced the tough economy by turning to nonprofits and bigger pharmaceutical companies for funding while others were forced to delay or cancel IPOs.

    This year's conferences took FDLI members to the 1st Annual Conference on Nanotechnology Law, Regulation and Policy; to the 51st Annual FDLI & the FDA Conference; and to the 20th Annual Advertising & Promotion Conference, among numerous other seminars, forums and workshops. It has been an exciting and eventful year.

    And now, here's what was most important to you in 2008.

  Best of 2008 
  Your Favorite SmartQuotes 
It is our responsibilities, not ourselves, that we should take seriously."
--Peter Ustinov,
British actor and writer
When one door closes, another opens; but we often look so long and so regretfully upon the closed door that we do not see the one which has opened."
--Alexander Graham Bell,
American inventor
In any moment of decision the best thing you can do is the right thing, the next best thing is the wrong thing, and the worst thing you can do is nothing."
--Theodore Roosevelt,
26th president of the U.S.
The most successful people are those who are good at Plan B."
--James Yorke,
mathematics and physics professor
Pick battles big enough to matter, small enough to win."
--Jonathan Kozol,
American nonfiction writer and educator
Most companies don't exercise patience during the hiring process. There is no development system that is going to compensate for making a bad hire."
--Eric Foss,
CEO of Pepsi Bottling
You must be the change you wish to see in the world."
--Mahatma Gandhi,
Indian political leader
Service is the rent we pay for being. It is the very purpose of life, and not something you do in your spare time."
--Marian Wright Edelman
children's activist
The first half of our lives is ruined by our parents, and the second half by our children."
--Clarence Darrow,
American lawyer
  

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