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Companies and academic institutions are gathered in the Maryland Pavilion to promote the state's biotech industry at the BIO International Convention, one of the largest annual biotech conventions in the world. (Baltimore Sun photo by Kim Hairston / June 28, 2011)

In a conference room in downtown Baltimore, F. Blix Winston compared the Food and Drug Administration to a "slow-moving bulldog."

"You don't want to get bitten," Winston, an expert on the federal regulation of medical devices, told a crowd of about 50 entrepreneurs and academics recently.

"You don't want to tangle with the FDA," he warned. "The FDA has the power to come in and padlock a company's doors."

 

To read the full, original article click on this link: Biotech: Maryland officials, companies increasingly tout experience with federal agencies to promote biotech industry - baltimoresun.com

Author:Gus G. Sentementes