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US FDA Food Safety Leader Resigns In Protest Of White House-Ordered Layoffs

Jim Jones, the head of the FDA's food programs, resigned due to widespread layoffs at the agency imposed by the Trump administration’s Department of Government Efficiency.

Thinner FDA Available To Work With Industries On Strengthening Access To Consumer Health Products

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.

US FDA’s Top Food Safety Executive Resigns In Protest Of White House-Ordered Layoffs

Jim Jones resigna due to widespread layoffs at the agency the Trump administration’s Department of Government Efficiency imposed.

Commission Led By HHS Secretary Kennedy Will Probe ‘Threats’ To Children, Including Medicines

President Trump's Executive Order creating the commission names mental health and weight-loss drugs as treatments of concern. But it does not mention vaccines, which Kennedy has criticized.

Consumer Health Sector Anxious To Ask For Changes With Kennedy As HHS Secretary

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.

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.”

US FDA Diversity Action Plan And Sex Differences Webpages Restored: Will Others Follow?

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.”

Stock Watch: Global Issues Sway Big Pharma Stocks In Q4 Earnings Season

Taking a broad view of big pharma share price movements as the sector reported 2024 financials, company-specific issues were complicated by geopolitical factors including Donald Trump’s tariff announcements.

UK’s Big Two Committed To Country But Call For Change

AstraZeneca CEO Pascal Soriot said it was “fake news” to describe the UK as the worst place in the western world for pharma companies to invest and blamed the decision to pull plans for a new £450m vaccines facility near Liverpool on it simply not being economically viable without more government support.

GSK’s Walmsley Keeps Focus On Long Term Amid Trump And Tariffs Chatter

The CEO has trumpeted the UK giant’s pipeline and potential growth as it aims for £40bn of sales in six years’ time.