FDA, medical device and Staffers

FDA moves to rehire medical device, food safety and other staffers fired days earlier
The reversal is the latest example of President Donald Trump and billionaire Elon Musk’s chaotic approach to cost-cutting, which has resulted in several agencies firing, and then scrambling to rehire, employees responsible for nuclear weapons, national parks and other government services.
FDA rehires staff to its medical devices division after mass layoffs
The Trump administration is reinstating some employees in the Food and Drug Administration's medical devices division after dozens were laid off as part of a government-wide cost-cutting initiative led by billionaire Elon Musk and his Department of Government Efficiency,
F.D.A. Reinstates Fired Medical Device, Food and Legal Staffers
The agency changed course just days after firing employees who oversee the safety of food and life-sustaining medical devices. Dozens of workers said they and others were back at work Monday.
US FDA approves Medtronic's medical device for Parkinson's disease
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved Medtronic's deep brain stimulation system for use in patients with Parkinson's disease, the medical device maker said on Monday.
FDA brings back some fired device staff
An industry source said “most, if not all” of the people at CDRH who were recently dismissed are now being asked to return.
Medical Device Industry Protests Firings of FDA Workers
The group that represents medical device makers in Washington is coming out against the Trump administration’s firings of employees who regulate the industry.
Trump administration cuts reach FDA employees in food safety, medical devices and tobacco products
The Trump administration’s effort to slash the size of the federal workforce reached the Food and Drug Administration this weekend.
FDA rehires medical device staffers fired only days earlier
Like other agencies, the FDA terminations went to employees in their probationary period, typically the first two years of federal employment. But that approach resulted in the te
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Device industry scrambles as FDA job cuts cause delays
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FDA’s head of device safety among employees terminated in ‘challenging’ weekend
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FDA Reveals AI Development Cheat Sheet in Highly Anticipated Draft Guidances
Early in the new year, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) released two anticipated draft guidance documents focused on artificial ...
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FDA-approved technology offers personalized treatment for Parkinson’s symptoms
Starting today, people with Parkinson's disease will have a new treatment option, thanks to U.S. Food and Drug Administration approval of groundbreaking new technology.
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Tumult in FDA’s medical device center; one CEO speaks out on NIH cuts
The cuts hit the FDA’s medical device center particularly hard, impacting product reviewers and researchers of AI-enabled ...
Chinese medical devices are in health systems across U.S., and the government and hospitals are worried
Chinese-made medical devices are found in almost every corner of the medical ecosystem, from hospitals to clinics, and the ...