Federal facilities agency will gauge impact of expanding US FDA staff located at the White Oak campus to about 18,000.
FDA, already dealing with space problems in the Washington DC area, could see the staff at its White Oak headquarters double in 15 years.
Agency proposed master plans now project the population at White Oak could increase to about 18,000 employees during that time, a signal that FDA officials believe
Today there are about 9,000 employees at the main campus
Deputy FDA Commissioner Grace Graham acknowledged the importance of user fees, while also calling for restructuring. She also said part of MAHA's mission is to reexamine uses of drugs not supported by data.
Pink Sheet sister publication In Vivo spoke to the former FDA commissioner about the recent layoffs and their impact on vaccine and other product development.
New CBER Director Prasad will "unleash a massive" framework on vaccines, FDA Commissioner Marty Makary said 15 May, raising questions about the impact on products nearing approval.
At a House subcommittee hearing, HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. rebutted lawmaker concerns that NIH cuts will drive research and scientists to other countries and said he does not want to advise parents on vaccinating children for measles, chickenpox or polio.
