Patents - Star Scientific Breaks New Ground, Plans FDA Filing for Approval of First 'Modified Risk' Tobacco Product; Nominates Curtis Wright, MD, MPH for FDA Advisory Committee ($$)

Categories · Business (Tobacco) · Federal · Patents/Trademarks · Smokeless · Harm Reduction · Alternate/Reduced Risk Organizations · FDA · Star	• Patents - Star Scientific Breaks New Ground, Plans FDA Filing for Approval of First 'Modified Risk' Tobacco Product; Nominates Curtis Wright, MD, MPH for FDA Advisory Committee ($$) Jump to full article: NewsRx, 2009-10-04 Author: Source: Food & Drug Law Weekly (2009-10-09) Intro: Star Scientific, Inc. (NASDAQ:STSI) makers of low-nitrosamine smokeless tobacco products, announced that the company will utilize a novel, patented method for cultivation, curing and preparation of tobacco to formulate dissolvable smokeless tobacco products. This new curing process was the subject of a patent application filed in December, 2008. Its use has resulted in tobacco leaf with significantly lower levels of tobacco-specific nitrosamines (TSNAs) than previously achieved using the StarCured curing process: the International Agency for Research on Cancer previously has reported on the low levels of nitrosamines in Star's products. The company believes that this novel process, as... Jump to full article »

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