FDA hiring contractors to replace fired staff who supported safety inspections

FDA Fires Most Negotiators for Pharma User Fee Talks, Sources Say

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration's mass layoffs included senior negotiators in talks with the pharmaceutical industry over renewing the user fee programs that fund the regulator's drug review system, six sources familiar with the matter said.

FDA To Remove Pharma Reps from Advisory Panels

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) will remove representatives of pharmaceutical companies from its advisory committees

FDA Removing Pharmaceutical Representatives From Advisory Panels

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is removing pharmaceutical company representatives from advisory committees in a bid to limit industry influence. Dr. Marty Makary, the FDA’s new commissioner, issued a directive that eliminates the role of pharmaceutical representative. “Industry employees are welcome to attend FDA advisory committee meetings, along with the rest of the American public, but having industry employees serve as official membe…

FDA Announces New Policy on Advisory Committee Members

The policy announced by Commissioner Martin A. Makary, MD, will not preclude employees of regulated companies from presenting their views to committees, and rare exceptions will be allowed.

How FDA cuts could make the food and drug supply less safe

When Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced in March that he would eliminate thousands of jobs from federal health agencies, he promised that he would spare the inspectors who keep America’s food and drugs safe by scrutinizing factories around the world.Kennedy kept his word and didn’t fire inspectors, but key support staffers who handled travel arrangements, reimbursements and more are gone, according to two current…

After RFK Jr. cut food safety inspectors, the strained FDA struggles to close the gap

The potential disruptions to FDA’s inspection force are so great that agency leaders recently expedited plans to hire outside contractors.