FDA wants fired medical device staffers back at work

FDA moves to rehire medical device, food safety and other staffers fired days earlier
Barely a week after mass firings at the Food and Drug Administration, some probationary staffers received unexpected news over the weekend: The government wants them back. Beginning Friday night, FDA employees overseeing medical devices,
FDA brings back some fired device office 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.
Medical device lobby pushes back against Trump’s FDA cuts
AdvaMed, the medical device lobby, pushed back Wednesday on the Trump administration’s weekend firings of FDA employees.
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 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,
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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FDA’s head of device safety among employees terminated in ‘challenging’ weekend
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Device industry scrambles as FDA job cuts cause delays
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Chinese medical devices are in health systems across U.S., and the government and hospitals are worried
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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.