The US Food and Drug Administration’s new standards for foods before they can be labeled as “healthy” on their packaging will go into effect about two months later than planned, according to a government document scheduled to be published in the Federal Register on Tuesday.
The Trump administration has started rehiring some of the FDA employees it fired last week, the latest chapter in a haphazard and confusing layoff process, agency sources tell Lizzy Lawrence.
What we are seeing from this administration is literally an inversion of a merit-based system—a spoils system for cronies and buddies of Trump and his kids,” says Chris Hayes.
Dr. Robert Califf, former FDA commissioner and instructor at Duke Department of Medicine, explains the negative implications of over 700 jobs being cut from the agency under the Trump administration.
Roughly a year after receiving an FDA reprimand at its manufacturing plant in Michigan, Indian drugmaker Piramal Pharma has landed in the regulator’s crosshairs once again. | Following an inspection of Piramal’s production facility in Maharashtra,
Clozapine, approved in 1989, is considered one of the most effective treatments for schizophrenia and has been shown to reduce suicidal behavior. However, it carries a rare but serious risk of neutropenia, a potentially life-threatening drop in white blood cell counts, The New York Times reported Feb. 25.
Google just announced it’s received FDA clearance for the Pixel Watch 3’s Loss of Pulse Detection feature. It will start rolling out to US devices sometime at the end of March.