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Inside the staff exodus and tanking morale that threaten Makary’s FDA
WASHINGTON — The steady erosion of experienced staff at the Food and Drug Administration is slowly compromising the agency’s ...
FDA Layoffs Could Compromise Safety of Medications Made at Foreign Factories, Inspectors Say
Beyond staff cuts, the departures of some longtime investigators in recent months have left less experienced people tasked ...
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FDA Layoffs, 200 Rejection Letters, User Fees and Priority Vouchers, Bad Week for Rare Disease
Around 3,500 FDA employees received termination emails; FDA Commissioner Marty Makary suggests lowering industry user fees ...
As FDA Lays Off Thousands, State AGs Step In to Probe Counterfeit Weight Loss Drugs
A recipient of the 2025 Elite Trial Lawyers Lifetime Achievement Award, Morgan & Morgan's John Yanchunis spoke with the National Law Journal about his storied career, from bringing one of the nation’s ...
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Drug inspectors warn of slower checks following FDA layoffs
Cuts at the FDA are slowing inspections of overseas drug manufacturers, prompting concerns from former and current employees that medication safety could be at risk, ProPublica reported July 7. Dozens ...
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Some agencies are walking back planned layoffs, Trump administration says
Other agencies are moving forward with RIFs and terminations, but official tells federal court some plans have changed.
Agri-Pulse5d
FDA continuing talks about shifting food inspection to states
The Food and Drug Administration is developing a plan to shift more food safety inspections over to state partners over the ...
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Trump 2026 Budget Plan’s NIH Cuts Could Slow Drug Development, CBO Warns
The U.S. Congressional Budget Office (CBO) cautioned that President Trumps proposed 2026 federal budgetfeaturing deep cuts to ...
H.H.S. Finalizes Thousands of Layoffs After Supreme Court Decision
The Department of Health and Human Services finalized the layoffs of thousands of employees after a Supreme Court ruling cleared the way for the Trump administration to proceed with mass firings ...