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FDA names former pharmaceutical company executive to oversee US drug program
FDA Commissioner Marty Makary announced that Dr. George Tidmarsh, a cancer and pediatric specialist, will direct the agency’s ...
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From Expertise to Empty Chairs: The FDA’s Self-Inflicted Crisis
While FDA Commissioner Marty Makary emphasizes learning and humility, the FDA has systematically removed the very experience ...
100 days into the job, FDA head talks to CNN about agency goals— and Coke’s switch to sugar
Commissioner Marty Makary says the FDA will plow ahead with big plans on ultra process foods, dietary guidelines and ...
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FDA Opens Pilot Run of Commissioner Voucher Program
The FDA will select at most five companies that align with national priorities, including lower drug prices and increased ...
FDA’s artificial intelligence is supposed to revolutionize drug approvals. It’s making up studies
Insiders tell CNN the FDA’s AI is “hallucinating” studies and can’t access key documents. Agency leaders insist the AI is ...
FDA Commissioner: 100 Days of Change—Modernizing the FDA for a Healthier America | Opinion
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) can maintain its high bar for safety and efficacy, and also cut the waste and ...
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Navy Pilots with ALS Fight for Access to the Stem Cell Therapy That Can ...
At multiple patient-focused drug development meetings and in hundreds of emails with former FDA leadership, Matt and the entire ALS community repeatedly shared his data and videos - documenting ...
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Inside the Collapse of the F.D.A. - The New York Times
How the new health secretary, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., is dismantling the agency.