US FDA And The Lonely Return To The Office

Employees are beginning to work in the office again, but are not finding many colleagues while at the agency’s White Oak headquarters.

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Some in industry are adopting hybrid work models to allow for in-person collaboration, while still providing a flexible environment. • Source: Shutterstock

Like much of the world, the US Food and Drug Administration is beginning to let staff return to the office, but may be having trouble maximizing its potential benefits, such as interacting with colleagues face-to-face.

John Scott, director of the Division of Biostatistics in the Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research’s Office of Biostatistics and Pharmacovigilance, said 8 April during the Drug Information Association/FDA Biostatistics Industry and Regulator Forum that during

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