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Scientist Whose Work Led FDA to Ban Food Dye Says Agency Overstated Risk

When the FDA announced in January, before President Joe Biden's term ended, that it would ban a dye called red dye No. 3 in food and ingested drugs, the federal agency cited just one 1987 study on ...
Fierce Biotech

GAO probe finds understaffed FDA putting some medical device recall work on the 'back burner'

The FDA’s oversight of medical device recalls continues to be plagued by staffing challenges—forcing some activities to be placed on the “back burner” and resulting in lengthy response times, ...
Reuters

FDA warns of scramble for workspaces and parking spots in Monday return to office

FDA says to expect crowds, long waits to clear enhanced security Staff in buildings sold off can continue remote work for short term Plans for coming layoffs being made by the Department of Health and ...
Reuters

FDA chief defends work on obesity, food to US Senate as agency awaits fierce critic RFK Jr

Califf defends FDA's role in obesity crisis to Senate Senators question FDA on delayed nutrition label regulations Califf highlights need for better funding for chemical safety HHS director nominee ...
WTKR

FDA warns pulse oximeters may not work as well on people of color

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is warning that the pulse oximeters that have become essential tools in the fight against COVID-19 may not work as well on people of color. A ...
clinicaladvisor.com

FDA Reverses Office Order, Lets Staff Work From Home

Most of FDA reviewers are funded by industry fees, not taxpayer money. In fact, nearly half of the FDA’s $7 billion budget comes from fees paid by drug, device, and tobacco companies. About 70% of the ...
Newsday

FDA reverses course on telework after layoffs and resignations threaten basic operations

WASHINGTON — Weeks after ordering all Food and Drug Administration employees back into the office, the agency is reversing course, allowing some of its most prized staffers to work remotely amid ...
FOX8 Cleveland

FDA says decongestant in many cold medicines doesn’t work. So what does?

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. WASHINGTON (AP) — Changes are coming to the ...
STAT

Inside FDA, career staffers describe how political pressure is influencing their work

Lizzy Lawrence spoke with more than 20 current and former FDA staff, interviewed legal experts, and reviewed agency documents to report this story. Lizzy Lawrence leads STAT’s coverage of the Food and ...
Santa Rosa Press Democrat

Scientist whose work led FDA to ban food dye says agency overstated risk

“If I thought there was a problem, I would have stated it in the paper,” Joseph Borzelleca, 94, a professor emeritus of pharmacology and toxicology at Virginia Commonwealth University, told KFF Health ...