After moving to New York from his hometown of New Orleans, Brian worked on the East End of Long Island covering news, politics and the military. He has since covered the diamond and jewelry industries and most recently pharmacy and health care. His experience also includes freelance reporting and photography contributed to the New York Times. Brian holds a BA in history from Loyola University of New Orleans, is a die-hard Saints fan, and loves running, classical music and jazz. He lives with his wife, Caroline, in New York’s magnificent Hudson Valley.
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The exact number of layoffs at the FDA as part of the Trump Administration’s pledge to shrink the federal government is unclear, but the most came from the agency’s Center for Devices and Radiological Health.
A flurry of firings as part of the Trump administration’s pledge to shrink the federal government hit the FDA over the weekend. While the exact number of staff let go is unclear, the agency’s device center took the brunt of it.
Medical device recalls exceeded 1,000 in 2024, according to a recently published recall index report from Sedgwick. More than 10% of those recalls were class I, the FDA’s most serious category.
For the fourth time in as many years the FDA has issued a communication concerning a key accessory from Olympus used in several types of urological procedures. This time, however, the agency has added a class I recall confirmation to its original early alert on the device issued in December 2024. A device safety specialist provided Medtech Insight with a deeper understanding of the problem as well as overall scope safety.
While communications from the FDA have been scant since the presidential transition, early alerts from the agency’s device center are flowing again. The most recent alert includes an issue with numerous injuries and four deaths associated with a device used during cardiac procedures.
The US FDA says diabetes patients who rely on their smartphones to receive critical disease-related alerts should ensure their phones are configured correctly. If not, the alerts might be missed.