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Nature Biotechnology 26, 1203–1204 (1 November 2008) | doi:10.1038/nbt1108-1203

FDA cracks down on labeling, initiates trial result reporting

Randy Osborne & Emily Waltz

One year after President George W. Bush signed the US Food and Drug Administration Amendments Act (FDAAA), industry watchers remain uncertain whether the new arsenal of post-market powers has added benefit or bureaucracy, but the provisions on labeling and post-marketing oversight are certainly being felt. In September, in line with the FDAAA, the US National Institutes of Health's publicly available database (http://www.