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FDA to undo some layoffs, after cuts to inspections and drug safety
Food and Drug Administration officials have told some scientists and inspections staff that their layoffs will be reversed, after the job cuts led to disruptions in drug and food safety work.
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FDA planning for fewer food and drug inspections due to layoffs, officials say
He covers federal public health agencies. Senior Food and Drug Administration leaders are planning for cutbacks to the number of routine food and drug inspections conducted by the agency ...
NPR2mon
How FDA cuts could make the food and drug supply less safe
When Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced in March that he would eliminate thousands of jobs from federal health agencies, he promised that he would spare the ...
The Hill2mon
FDA to phase out some animal testing requirements, possibly replace them with AI models
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced Thursday it plans to phase out animal testing requirements for biological products and drugs, instead moving toward alternative testing models such ...
Fox News2mon
Food dyes to be phased out by Trump administration in latest round of bans
Kennedy Jr. together with U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner Dr. Mary Makary announced a new round of food dye bans on Tuesday at a press conference. The agencies shared their ...
UPI2mon
To promote drug safety, FDA to replace animal testing with AI-based experiments, other methods
April 10 (UPI) --The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is replacing animal testing with human-relevant methods, including artificial intelligence, when developing monoclonal antibody therapies and ...
USA Today2mon
Trump administration cuts FDA staff handling bird flu outbreaks
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.
RealClearPolitics1mon
Watch: U.S. Food and Drug Administration Expert Panel Discusses Talc
Dr. Martin Makary is the Commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Relevant to this discussion is this academic paper published by RealClearJournals’ Journal of the Academy of ...
Wall Street Journal2mon
Drug Development Is Slowing Down After Cuts at the FDA
Biotech companies developing drugs for hard-to-treat diseases and other ailments are being forced to push back clinical trials and drug testing ... layoffs at the Food and Drug Administration.
The New York Times2mon
F.D.A. Layoffs Could Raise Drug Costs and Erode Food Safety
Kennedy Jr. announced wide-ranging cutbacks at federal health agencies, including the Food and Drug Administration, that would eliminate duplicative services and paper pushers. But in interviews ...
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Are food dyes getting banned in the US and why? What know to about 8 dyes being phased out
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) shared intentions to "phase out" petroleum-based synthetic dyes by the end of next year during a press conference on April 22, in which Kennedy called the ...
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Food and Drug Administration lays out new requirements for annual COVID-19 vaccines
THAT WOULD COST HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS. AND THE QUESTION WILL BE WHETHER The Food and Drug Administration is limiting who can receive an annual COVID-19 vaccine. Under a new policy ...