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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 ...
Kennedy, in private speech to FDA staff, calls agency a ‘sock puppet' for the industry
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., in a speech Friday to Food and Drug Administration staff, derided their past ...
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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 ...
RFK Jr. Warns FDA Staff of ‘Deep State’ in All-Hands Meeting
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. warned Food and Drug Administration staff about the influence of the “deep state” on the agency in an ...
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FDA plans to phase out animal testing in drugs in what it calls a ‘paradigm shift’
The move comes after lawmakers sought to force the agency to update regulations that would allow alternatives to animal ...
RFK Jr. calls FDA a 'sock puppet' for industries in private speech to agency staff
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. spent a portion of his speech on Friday to FDA staff deriding their past decisions, at ...
FDA reverses course on telework after layoffs and resignations threaten basic operations
Weeks after ordering all Food and Drug Administration employees back into the office, the agency is reversing course, ...
FDA says it will phase out animal testing requirement for monoclonal antibodies, drugs
The FDA announced a shift away from animal testing for drug approval, citing advanced alternatives like AI and organoids ...
RFK Jr. says FDA has become a ‘sock puppet’ in meeting with staff
The Food and Drug Administration has become a “sock puppet” of the industries it regulates, Health and Human Services ...
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FDA Reverses Office Order, Lets Staff Work From Home
Weeks after ordering staff back to the office, the US Food and Drug Administration is now letting some employees work from home again.
RFK Jr. says Deep State ‘is real,’ called FDA employees ‘sock puppet’ of industry
Kennedy Jr.’s visit to the FDA Friday was supposed to introduce him as a trusted leader to agency employees. It did anything but. Over the course of 40 minutes, Kennedy, in largely off-the-cuff ...