Employees in offices dealing with industry and consumer education, meeting logistics, communications and employee management at the US Food and Drug Administration’s Center for Devices and Radiological Health were among the 3,500 FDA staff included in an agency-wide reductions in force on 1 April.
CDRH Staff Cuts Focus On Administrative Workers, Spare Reviewers
One CDRH employee said the cuts already are having a major effect on morale.
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