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FDA Layoffs Could Compromise Safety of Medications Made at Foreign Factories, Inspectors Say
Beyond staff cuts, the departures of some longtime investigators in recent months have left less experienced people tasked ...
Undark Magazine6d
Safety of Foreign-Made Medications in Question After FDA Layoffs
Loss of support staff has slowed critical investigations of drug manufacturers. Little relief has materialized.
STAT13d
Inside the staff exodus and tanking morale that threaten Makary’s FDA
WASHINGTON — The steady erosion of experienced staff at the Food and Drug Administration is slowly compromising the agency’s ...
Becker's Hospital Review13d
Drug inspectors warn of slower checks following FDA layoffs
Cuts at the FDA are slowing inspections of overseas drug manufacturers, prompting concerns from former and current employees that medication safety could be at risk, ProPublica reported July 7. Dozens ...
Government Executive5d
Some agencies are walking back planned layoffs, Trump administration says
Other agencies are moving forward with RIFs and terminations, but official tells federal court some plans have changed.
PharmExec5d
Is AI Replacing Laid Off FDA Workers?
Marcel Botha discusses whether AI can truly be used to replace laid off human workers at FDA.
Science-Based Medicine6dOpinion
Go Ahead, Make the Case That Science, Free Speech, and the FDA Are Thriving Under Drs. Marty Makary and Vinay Prasad
Unlike Drs. Adam Cifu and John Mandrola, I do not constantly boast of my "nuance" or claim to be a master of "clinical ...
FDA panel to revisit menopausal hormone therapy
MENOPAUSAL THERAPY IN FOCUS — The FDA will hold a panel discussion Thursday on hormone therapy for menopausal women, a pet ...
STAT13d
Pharmalittle: We’re reading about FDA morale, a U.S.-Swiss trade deal on pharma levies, and more
The steady erosion of experienced staff is slowly compromising FDA work and low morale is pushing more workers to the exits ...
EconoTimes1d
Trump 2026 Budget Plan’s NIH Cuts Could Slow Drug Development, CBO Warns
The U.S. Congressional Budget Office (CBO) cautioned that President Trumps proposed 2026 federal budgetfeaturing deep cuts to ...