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Exclusive: US FDA asks some fired pharma user fee negotiation staff to return
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is asking some of its recently fired staff responsible for critically important funding ...
Neuralink's speech restoration device gets FDA's 'breakthrough' tag
Neuralink has received the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's "breakthrough" tag for its device to restore communication for ...
Exclusive: FDA fires most negotiators for pharma user fee talks, sources say
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration's mass layoffs included senior negotiators in talks with the pharmaceutical industry ...
FDA delays decision on Stealth BioTherapeutics' rare genetic disorder drug
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has delayed its decision on marketing approval for Stealth BioTherapeutics' treatment ...
US FDA chief says firings won't hinder agency's target dates for drug reviews
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration will meet its targets for completing reviews of new drugs despite mass firings at the agency under the Trump administration, its chief said.
As FDA delays Novavax' COVID vaccine approval, patients fight back
Thousands of Americans campaigning for the Novavax COVID-19 booster got some good news this week: the FDA signaled it might ...
US FDA suspends milk quality tests amid workforce cuts
The Food and Drug Administration is suspending a quality control program for testing of fluid milk and other dairy products ...
US Justice Department unit for drug and food safety cases being disbanded
A Justice Department unit that handles criminal and civil enforcement of U.S. food and drug safety laws is being disbanded as ...
GSK 'well positioned' for potential tariffs after beating forecasts
GSK on Wednesday said it was "well positioned" to absorb potential U.S. pharmaceutical tariffs, citing AI-driven cost cuts ...
US FDA accepts Novo Nordisk's application for oral Wegovy for weight loss
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has accepted Novo Nordisk's marketing application for an oral version of its ...
US FDA approves J&J's immune disorder drug
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday approved Johnson & Johnson's drug to treat a type of muscle-weakening ...
Trump confirms he offered to send US troops to Mexico to help with cartels
U.S. President Donald Trump on Sunday confirmed he had offered to send U.S. troops to Mexico to help Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum combat drug trafficking, an offer Sheinbaum disclosed on ...