FDA Commissioner Marty Makary said the FDA’s review process will not slow down despite layoffs at the Department of Health ...

Beyond staff cuts, the departures of some longtime investigators in recent months have left less experienced people tasked ...

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Kennedy has since announced that HHS would reverse 20% of the cuts across the agency. Amid news reports describing the layoffs at the FDA, Kennedy did not specify how many people would be reinstated.

The FDA layoffs “will not affect drug, medical device, or food reviewers, nor will it impact inspectors,” a Health and Human Services fact sheet on the layoffs said.

The layoffs could also lead to a reduction in inspections, despite FDA’s statements to the contrary. The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) terminated 3,500 employees at the Food and ...

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Makary made his first appearance at FDA’s headquarters last Wednesday, one day after the mass layoffs. According to the memo obtained by the AP, Makary signed off on the return to telework.

FDA staff working on bird flu oversight were among those terminated in the Trump administration’s HHS layoffs, Reuters reports. Cuts reportedly impacted leadership and communications at the FDA ...

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Kennedy has since announced that HHS would reverse 20% of the cuts across the agency. Amid news reports describing the layoffs at the FDA, Kennedy did not specify how many people would be reinstated.