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Weekend US FDA Layoffs Cost Device Center Many AI And Digital Health Staffers

 
• By Brian Bossetta and Elizabeth Orr

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.

Several FDA staffers were told their "ability, knowledge and skills" were no longer needed. (Shuttersock)
Key Takeaways
  • Staff in the FDA’s device center were among the hundreds of federal employees cut through the DOGE process over the weekend.
  • About 200 device reviewers and 40 statisticians were reportedly among those cut.
  • The cuts are considered deep, but their full impact may not be known for some time.

Scores of employees at the US Food and Drug Administration working on artificial intelligence and digital health are part of the cuts imposed by the Trump Administration’s Department of Government...

Over the weekend, staff at several federal agencies, including the Health and Human Services Department were told their “ability, knowledge and skills” were no longer needed and that their performance...

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