âFDA-clearedâ means a test system has been reviewed by the FDA and has been determined to be substantially equivalent to a test system already legally marketed for the same use. This could apply to waived, moderate or high complexity test systems.
The study estimates that there are now 3,890 wild tigers, up from 3,200 in 2010, when countries announced a historic commitment to double the population by 2022. Countries appear to be heading toward their goal, and this is the first time tiger numbers have been increasing globally in more than a hundred years.
The latest controversy surfaced on April 10 when the World Wildlife Fund and the Global Tiger Forum announced that âfor the first time in 100 years, tiger numbers are growing.â Using estimates from tiger range countries, they reported that the population had jumped from 3,200 in 2010 to 3,890 todayâand is on track to double within a decade.