FDA Dietary Supplement Division Soon May Need Office Accommodations

Without an objection from Congress, FDA’s Division of Dietary Supplement Programs becomes a CFSAN office on Dec. 21. Objections or questions from one or more members are possible, but HHS likely would not make the notification without high confidence Congress would not object.

Start counting the days until FDA’s dietary supplement regulation division becomes an office as Congress has two weeks to object to the Department of Health and Services notification of the change.

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Peter Marks Resigns From US FDA, Warns Kennedy Does Not Want Truth On Vaccines

 

In his resignation letter, the CBER director said he was willing to work with HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to address concerns about vaccine safety, but "it has become clear that truth and transparency are not desired by the secretary."

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A former CMS manager worries casework and other necessary functions could suffer as a result of the 300 staff cuts at the agency that are part of a massive HHS restructuring.

Oncology Center Of Excellence Deputy Directors Kluetz, Theoret Join US FDA Exodus

 

The April departures of Paul Kluetz and Marc Theoret follow resignations by other senior agency scientific staff and come on top of HHS’ plans to lay off 3,500 FDA employees.

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Pink Sheet reporter and editors discuss how staff may not be the only thing the FDA could lose with the latest layoffs announced by the Health and Human Services Department.

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Power Play: US FDA Likely Losing More Than Just Staff With Restructured Health Department

 

About 3,500 full-time FDA employees are expected to be laid off as part of a restructuring of the Health and Human Services Department and experts questioned whether the cuts could be implemented without harming FDA’s core mission.

Government Pulls ‘For Sale’ Signs From US FDA’s White Oak Campus

 
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The General Services Administration’s updated list of “assets identified for accelerated disposition” does not include any buildings at the agency’s headquarters in White Oak, MD after its original list of “non-core” government properties for disposal had more than half the buildings on campus.