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FDA will reduce food and drug inspections due to federal layoffs
FDA scales back routine inspections due to support staff layoffs, prioritizing high-risk cases amid government restructuring ...
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FDA layoffs and priority review voucher programme’s lapse disrupt rare disease pipeline
The expiration of the FDA’s paediatric priority review voucher programme is creating uncertainty for rare disease drug ...
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With Dr. Marty Makary in power, the FDA’s future comes slightly more into view
Following massive layoffs and cuts at the FDA, Makary’s plan for the agency is yet to fully unfold. But he has hinted at what ...
FDA staff cuts hit biotech: Impact of layoffs on drug development
Former FDA Commissioner Dr. Scott Gottlieb joins 'Squawk Box' to discuss the impact of mass layoffs at the FDA, impact on ...
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How major FDA changes – both proposed and implemented – could impact the US seafood industry
Significant proposed regulatory changes within the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), along with large layoffs that ...
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Vanda sues FDA over hearing delay as agency points to mass layoffs, other litigation with the biopharma
Vanda Pharmaceuticals is suing the FDA again, this time alleging the agency is unlawfully delaying a hearing to discuss the ...
Is Your Milk Still Safe? FDA Puts Dairy Testing on Hold
Unlike the FERN program, it’s unclear how long the FDA’s fluid milk testing program will remain on pause. Though no official ...
FDA Considers Scaling Back Inspections, Raising Questions About Food Safety
Facing staffing cuts and mounting scrutiny, the FDA is planning to further offload food inspections to states, arguing that ...
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FDA seeks contractors to replace dozens of feds laid off two weeks ago
About one week after FDA announced a RIF, the agency began drafting a statement of work seeking contractors to do the same ...
FDA reverses course on telework after layoffs and resignations threaten basic operations
The Food and Drug Administration is reversing course on its requirement for all staffers to report to the office.
FDA to replace laid-off employees with contractors, sources say
The contractors would effectively replace most of the work done by more than 50 laid-off federal employees who handled travel ...
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FDA asks Novavax for post-marketing data pledge amid stalled COVID shot review
On a recent call with analysts at BMO Capital Markets, a “former director” at the FDA’s Center for Biologics Evaluation and ...