US FDA met with a group concerned about seafood consumption advice for pregnant and nursing women; could it satisfy Sen. Murkowski and avoid a hold on Scott Gottlieb's nomination?
Scott Gottlieb's predecessor in the US FDA Commissioner's office already may have set the wheels in motion to deal with a fishy issue that could hold up his confirmation.
Acting Commissioner Stephen Ostroff, who had been deputy commissioner for foods and veterinary medicine before taking over agency operations at...
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The new CDER director focused on plans to improve morale during an Aug. 8 townhall, but staff comments indicate that may be a challenge.
New CDER Director George Tidmarsh promised to keep politics out of drug approvals, but suggested during a meeting with staff that he could not insulate the drug center from political pressures coming from those above him.
Quantitative estimates of the safety risks with opioid pain medication, including the risk of addiction and misuse, must be added to labeling.
A calculation used to determine whether the FDA has the staff to handle its workload also was not included in the description of prescription drug user fee calculations.
A calculation used to determine whether the FDA has the staff to handle its workload also was not included in the description of prescription drug user fee calculations.
Sean Keveney is largely unknown in the FDA law space, but likely is familiar and connected to the White House given his work on Trump’s antisemitism taskforce.
After the abrupt departure of CBER’s director, it seems FDA, and Vinay Prasad in particular, would likely have been well served by hearing from an advisory committee before requesting the suspension in sales of Sarepta’s DMD gene therapy Elevidys.
