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The Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine, a nonprofit that advocates for nonanimal science, is applauding the new commissioner of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Marty Makary, MD, MPH, ...
The Food and Drug Administration is reversing course on its requirement for all staffers to report to the office ...
Layoffs at the Food and Drug Administration are expected to reduce the FDA's workforce by 20%. Susan Mayne, former director ...
Vinay Prasad, a hematologist-oncologist known for his vocal opposition to elements of the Covid response, also jumped on Cavazzoni’s move back to Pfizer in a same-day blog post titled “FDA approves ...
The firings this week also include all staff responsible for managing records – such as new product applications – at FDA ...
More top vaccine regulators at the FDA have either left or been forced out, which could hobble the agency's ability to ...
Over the last two months, the pharmaceutical industry has remained on the sidelines as Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency ...
The Trump administration has fired Food and Drug Administration employees responsible for the federal response to the ongoing bird flu outbreaks, according to former staff and professional groups. On ...
Layoffs of 10,000 Health and Human Services employees begin. Agencies devoted to seniors, minorities and HIV prevention ...
who oversaw the division of the FDA responsible for the approval of vaccines, gene therapies and other crucial drugs, was forced out of his role late Friday night. He wrote in his resignation ...
The FDA, responsible for regulating medications, medical devices, tobacco, and food safety, will lose 3,500 employees, the Associated Press reported. Layoffs on Tuesday impacted workers who review ...
At the FDA, dozens of staffers who regulate drugs, food, medical devices and tobacco products received notices, including the entire office responsible for drafting new regulations for electronic ...