FDA Guidance Docs On Trial Diversity, Sex Differences Restored After Court Order

A federal judge granted Doctors for America’s motion for a temporary restraining order directing the FDA and CDC to restore information removed from the agencies’ websites to comply with a presidential executive order targeting “gender ideology extremism.”

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A court order directing the US Food and Drug Administration to restore a webpage for the clinical trial diversity action plan guidance could lead to reinstatement of other information removed from the agency’s website in recent weeks.

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