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| Chemical measurements play an important role in international trade; they are used to characterize chemical and electronic products, food and related materials, high-technology materials, pharmaceuticals, medical devices, building materials, and energy resources, as well as to characterize properties of the global environment. The accuracy, comparability and mutual recognition of these measurements play a major role in facilitating international trade, and agreement on scientific policy issues. The National Metrology Institutes, including NIST, have signed a Mutual Recognition Arrangement, under the auspices of the International Committee on Weights and Measures, to compare measurement capabilities in a wide range of disciplines and share results of these interlaboratory comparisons with the scientific community to promote mutual recognition. This international framework has played a critical role in helping, for example, the medical device industry meet requirements of an E.U. Directive for in vitro diagnostic devices, as well as environmental regulations promulgated by E.U. and other nations. |
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Creating and Sustaining International Research Collaborations
2:00 PM-4:00 PM, Tuesday, August 21, 2007 Sheraton Boston -- Back Bay Blrm A, Oral
Committee on Science |