food and drug administration

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,

Oregonian · 2h

FDA scrambles to rehire food safety and other staffers who were fired last week

The Trump administration's chaotic cost-cutting has let to similar reversals at other agencies, which sought to rehire ex-employees responsible for nuclear weapons, national parks and other government services.

Penn Live · 3h

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

Listeria, FDA

CNN · 23m

Listeria outbreak linked with supplemental shakes now stands at 12 deaths, FDA says

Twelve deaths have been reported as part of an outbreak of Listeria monocytogenes infections linked to frozen supplemental shakes, the US Food and Drug Administration said Monday. At least 38 people in 21 states had been infected,

Fox Business · 21h

Frozen shakes served at nursing homes recalled after being linked to numerous deaths, hospitalizations: FDA

The FDA announced that a food distributor is recalling all ReadyCare and Sysco Imperial Frozen Supplemental shakes, typically sold to long-term care facilities, over listeria concerns.

CBS News · 46m

Listeria outbreak linked to recalled frozen shakes now blamed for 12 deaths

Recalled supplemental shakes were distributed to hospitals and long-term care facilities nationwide, federal officials say.

Ozempic, FDA

Reuters · 3h

Drug compounders sue US FDA over removal of Wegovy, Ozempic from shortage list

Drug compounders on Monday sued the U.S. Food and Drug Administration over its decision last week to remove Novo Nordisk's weight loss and diabetes drugs Wegovy and Ozempic from its shortage list, a move that will sharply curtail the compounders' ability to sell cheaper versions of the drugs.

Yahoo · 1d

End of Ozempic, Wegovy shortage means copycats must stop production

The FDA says the nationwide shortage for Ozempic and Wegovy is over, but as CBS News New York's Ali Bauman explains, that supply change could lead to consumers paying more.

Becker's Hospital Review · 7h

FDA sets deadline to end sales of Ozempic, Wegovy copycats

Compounding pharmacies and telehealth companies selling lower-cost versions of Novo Nordisk's Ozempic and Wegovy will soon have to halt production after the FDA set deadlines to phase out compounded semaglutide.

Pfizer Names Former FDA Drug Chief

Reuters · 7h

Pfizer names former FDA director Patrizia Cavazzoni as chief medical officer

Pfizer said on Monday former head of FDA's drug center, Patrizia Cavazzoni, will join the drugmaker as chief medical officer.

STAT · 5h

Patrizia Cavazzoni, former head of FDA’s drug center, joins Pfizer as chief medical officer

Patrizia Cavazzoni, formerly the top regulator of the drug division of the FDA, will join Pfizer as chief medical officer.

Bloomberg on MSN · 6h

Pfizer Names Former FDA Drug Chief as Top Doctor

Pfizer Inc. appointed the Food and Drug Administration’s former top drug reviewer to serve as its chief medical officer.

Medtronic, Parkinson's disease and FDA

Reuters · 8h

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.

MarketWatch · 9h

Medtronic Parkinson's Disease Brain Stimulation System Gets FDA Approval

Medtronic said the Food and Drug Administration approved a brain stimulation system for people afflicted with Parkinson's disease. The medical technology company said the regulator approved BrainSense Adaptive deep brain stimulation and BrainSense Electrode Identifier.

Modern Healthcare · 6h

FDA approves Medtronic’s adaptive technology for Parkinson’s

The company's adaptive deep brain stimulation technology for Parkinson's disease therapy is expected to be available nationwide in the next few months.

2hon MSN

FDA delays when a final rule on what foods can be labeled as ‘healthy’ goes into effect

The US Food and Drug Administration’s new standards for foods to meet before they can be labeled as “healthy” on their ...

1hon MSN

US FDA, CDC investigating multi-state listeria outbreak

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Monday the agencies were ...

7hon MSN

Nationwide Mac & Cheese Snack Recall As FDA Issues Risk Warning

Feel Good Foods Inc. issued a voluntary recall for thousands of cases of its Mac & Cheese Bites in February due to the ...

Ex-FDA commissioner on implications of agency’s ‘unreasonable’ jobs cuts

Dr. Robert Califf, former FDA commissioner and instructor at Duke Department of Medicine, explains the negative implications ...

Ice Cream Recall Elevated To FDA’s Deadliest Category—But There’s A Catch

Seeing the words "Class I food recall" might make you think of contaminated products sitting on grocery store shelves, but ...

3hon MSN

FDA and USDA among federal agencies aiming to rehire workers hit by mass firings

A number of agencies are looking to rehire federal workers who lost their jobs as part of the Trump administration's mission ...

1hOpinion

America’s Food Safety Is Now in the Hands of Don Jr.’s Hunting Buddy

As federal health agencies are gutted with abandon, a Florida attorney with a history of hunting with the president’s son has ...

Exclusive-US FDA Asks Fired Scientists to Return, Including Some Reviewing Musk’s Neuralink

Americans need “an efficient, effective FDA review process that helps advance the medical technologies American patients ...

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