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FDA taps critic of COVID policies, drug industry to lead vaccines division

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has tapped Vinay Prasad, a prominent critic of federal COVID-19 policies and a proponent of more stringent approval standards, to lead the agency’s vaccines

The Associated Press on MSN · 2h

Critic of drug industry and COVID-19 measures to lead FDA vaccine program

The Food and Drug Administration says that a prominent medical contrarian and critic of the drug industry will head its vaccine center.

CNN on MSN · 12h

FDA chooses Dr. Vinay Prasad to lead biologics, vaccines division

The US Food and Drug Administration has named Dr. Vinay Prasad, a hematologist oncologist, to lead its Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, the division that oversees vaccines and biologic medicines.

Trump signs order to boost domestic drug manufacturing

Yahoo · 20h

Trump orders FDA to help speed building of new drug factories

The Food and Drug Administration should look for ways to streamline regulations on new U.S. drug manufacturing facilities to speed their completion and boost domestic supply, under an executive order signed Monday by President Donald Trump.

Reuters · 1d

Trump signs executive order to encourage US drug manufacturing

U.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Monday that aims to reduce the time it takes to approve pharmaceutical plants in the country, as part of new regulations to encourage domestic manufacturing.

U.S. News & World Report · 1d

Trump to Sign Order to Encourage Domestic Drug Manufacturing, WaPo Reports

The order directs the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to reduce the time it takes to approve drug manufacturing plants in the country, as well as to increase fees for inspections at foreign sites, according to the newspaper.

Newser on MSN1h

FDA's New Vaccine Chief: Doc Accused of Vaccine Misinfo

The new vaccine chief of the Food and Drug Administration is, perhaps not surprisingly, a doctor well-known for his ...

16hon MSN

Top FDA official resigns after agency shake-up under Trump: ‘It was time’

Michael Rogers, a top official at the Food and Drug Administration, announced Monday he is retiring amid the Trump ...

11hon MSN

FDA to boost surprise inspections at foreign-based food, medical plants

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said Tuesday it will expand its use of unannounced inspections at foreign manufacturing ...

10h

Surprise!: FDA Will Expand The Use Of ‘Unannounced Inspections’ In Foreign Countries

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced Tuesday that it will increase unannounced inspections at foreign ...

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FDA's top inspector abruptly retires

The Food and Drug Administration's top official overseeing drug and food safety inspections told staff on Monday he has ...

Norfolk man with Alzheimer’s sees results with new FDA-approved drug

There are 164,000 people in Virginia age 65 and older who suffer from Alzheimer’s, but two new drugs approved by the Food and Drug Administration could offer hope to those in the early ...

American Council on Science and Health5dOpinion

FDA in Crisis: How Trump Administration Downsizing Is Slowing Medical Innovation and Endangering Public Health

Recent reorganizations and "reductions in force" at the FDA have damaged the very backbone of our public health system.

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FDA to undo some layoffs, after cuts to inspections and drug safety

Multiple current and laid-off FDA employees said the abrupt layoffs had resulted in delays and disruptions to the agency's ...

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