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As many as 700 employees reportedly dismissed from posts starting on 14 February as the culling of the federal workforce by the Trump administration’s Department of Government Efficiency reaches FDA.
Trade groups say they welcome working with Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on expanding and improving consumer access to OTC drugs and dietary supplements. White House “Department of Government Efficiency Workforce Optimization Initiative” limits filling federal agency vacancies.
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.”
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.”
The Trump transition so far has all the hallmarks of the tech industry’s favorite management slogan, but that might not work well for biopharma companies if the FDA is one of the agencies that gets broken.
Outreach by Kennedy and the Trump Administration appears to have quelled Sen. Cassidy’s fears about oversight of vaccine regulations and safety monitoring.
Outreach by Kennedy and the Trump Administration appears to have quelled Sen. Cassidy’s fears about oversight of vaccine regulations and safety monitoring.
“We've heard perhaps some kind of support for non-drug approaches to addressing a range of conditions,” says food and drug regulation attorney Jessica O’Connell. “For the first time in the nearly 80 years of HHS, we will have a secretary who actually sees our commodity is valuable and not just some nuisance they have to deal with,” says NPA CEO Daneil Fabricant.
New details are emerging about how the administration will implement some of President Trump’s workforce shift back to mostly in-office work.
The FDA's interim leadership takes shape, but the sense of transition chaos still lingers.