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Pharmalittle: We’re reading about FDA layoffs hurting user fee programs, pharma tariffs, and more
The FDA will remove industry representatives from advisory committees and replace them with patients and caregivers ...
After sweeping layoffs, FDA's new plan revealed. Could it shake up food and drug safety inspections?
After firing several employees, FDA is planning to hire contractors in place of fired staff. The departed staffers include ...
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Massive layoffs at the FDA: Thousands of jobs lost
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) embarks on a significant restructuring, potentially leading to the ...
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FDA seeks contractors to replace dozens of feds laid off two weeks ago
About one week after FDA announced a RIF, the agency began drafting a statement of work seeking contractors to do the same ...
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For an Air Force vet, an FDA layoff brings back symptoms of PTSD
For an Air Force veteran, an FDA layoff brings back symptoms of PTSD: "They say they care about us, then they cut us." ...
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'An unwinnable situation': FDA delays force one biopharma to shelve phase 3 plans, WSJ reports
After mass layoffs, the FDA has started missing certain deadlines, pushing one biopharma to delay a phase 3 trial and ...
FDA reverses course on telework after layoffs and resignations threaten basic operations
The Food and Drug Administration is reversing course on its requirement for all staffers to report to the office.
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 ...
Exclusive-FDA fires most negotiators for pharma user fee talks, sources say
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration's mass layoffs included senior negotiators in talks with the pharmaceutical industry over renewing the user fee programs that fund the regulator's drug review ...
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How FDA layoffs may impact food safety
Layoffs at the Food and Drug Administration are expected to reduce the FDA's workforce by 20%. Susan Mayne, former director ...
Food Safety Was Slipping in the U.S. Then Came Mass Layoffs
Boar's Head deli meats recall notice at a deli counter in a Queens, New York grocery store.Lindsey Nicholson/UCG/Universal ...
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FDA reverses course on telework after layoffs and resignations threaten basic operations
Makary made his first appearance at FDA's headquarters last Wednesday, one day after the mass layoffs. According to the memo obtained by the AP, Makary signed off on the return to telework.