First Genetically Modified Pharmaceutical Receives FDA Approval

May 5th, 2012 - Jill Ettinger

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The FDA has just made history by approving the first pharmaceutical drug available for use in humans derived from genetically modified ingredients. Approval of the drug may also make it easier for other genetically modified pharmaceuticals to gain approval in the near future, ramping up greater concern over the already contentious genetically modified ingredients found in nearly 80 percent of all processed food sold in the U.S.

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