News

FDA may ask Novavax to conduct additional trials of its Covid-19 vaccine to receive full approval
The US Food and Drug Administration has discussed with vaccine-maker Novavax the need for an additional trial of its Covid-19 ...
FDA head falsely claims no scientists laid off, as agency shutters food safety labs
The head of the Food and Drug Administration has repeatedly claimed in recent interviews that no scientists have been laid ...
FDA Suspends Milk Quality Testing And Food Safety Quality Checks Due To Staff Cuts
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) revealed some troubling news over the past week. Due to staff cuts, it is suspending a ...
How the FDA Helped Ignite, and Then Worsened, the Opioid Crisis
An investigation into the agency’s repeated violations of its own rules to approve addictive drugs—and its ongoing failure to ...
U.S. FDA Approves China-Produced Cancer Drug
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration this week granted permission for the use of a new cancer drug from China despite ...
FDA Considers Scaling Back Inspections, Raising Questions About Food Safety
Facing staffing cuts and mounting scrutiny, the FDA is planning to further offload food inspections to states, arguing that ...
FDA Warns of Side Effects of Popular Hair-Loss Drug Sold by Telehealth Companies
Hims, Keeps and other companies advertise topical finasteride with limited disclosures of side effects.
FDA program for food testing pauses, officials say state and federal testing to continue
The Food and Drug Administration said the Food Emergency Response Network Proficiency Testing Program is currently paused due ...