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FDA making plans to end its routine food safety inspections, sources say
Food safety inspections would be left to state and local authorities under the plan being developed by the FDA.
FDA hiring contractors to replace fired staff who supported safety inspections
The Food and Drug Administration is scrambling to hire contractors to replace fired employees who helped plan thousands of ...
US FDA limits industry employees from roles in its advisory committees
U.S. Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Martin Makary announced on Thursday a policy to limit employees of companies ...
US FDA suspends food safety quality checks after staff cuts
The Food and Drug Administration is suspending a quality control program for its food testing laboratories as a result of ...
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RFK Jr. is back to criticizing vaccines, and Trump’s new drug-cost plan
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. softened his image as a vaccine critic while seeking to become the nation’s health secretary.
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FDA’s Plan to Replace Animal Testing Begins a ‘New Era for Drug Testing,’ says Doctors Group
The nonprofit Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine, which promotes the use of human-relevant test methods to replace animal use in drug testing and development, enthusiastically supports the ...
Grassley, Johnson press DOJ IG to respond on whether ‘untasked’ undercover agents were present on Jan 6
EXCLUSIVE: Sens. Ron Johnson and Chuck Grassley are demanding information from the Justice Department’s inspector general on whether any unassigned, or "untasked," confidential human sources from DOJ ...
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Trump executive order targets prescription drug prices
The order calls for lowering the price of insulin for low-income patients or people who are uninsured, as well as lowering ...
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FDA Issues Warning About Counterfeit Ozempic
Novo Nordisk notified the Food and Drug Administration about several hundred units of fake semaglutide 1.0 mg in the US drug ...
FDA to replace laid-off employees with contractors, sources say
The contractors would effectively replace most of the work done by more than 50 laid-off federal employees who handled travel ...
Bohemian Greenwich Village not so liberal anymore as crime, drugs push residents to beg for more cops
The bohemian Mecca made famous for its anything-goes attitude, counterculture musical scene and clashes with police is ...
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Physicians Committee Applauds FDA Commissioner Makary’s Leadership on Phasing Out Animal Testing in Favor of Human-Relevant Methods
The Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine, a nonprofit that advocates for nonanimal science, is applauding the new commissioner of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Marty Makary, MD, MPH, ...