Beyond staff cuts, the departures of some longtime investigators in recent months have left less experienced people tasked ...

Around 3,500 FDA employees received termination emails; FDA Commissioner Marty Makary suggests lowering industry user fees ...

Sarepta Therapeutics lays off 493 workers amid FDA probe, stock drop, and concerns over its gene therapy treatment, Elevidys.

In the first 6 months of 2025, 385 employees resigned from the Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, compared with under ...

The move marks a significant reversal of a portion of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. 's layoffs. Kennedy initially planned to cut 3,500 employees from the FDA.

WASHINGTON — The steady erosion of experienced staff at the Food and Drug Administration is slowly compromising the agency’s ...

A leading food and health advisory agency has described the mass layoffs at the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) as “devastating”. It emerged overnight that the Trump-appointed Secretary ...

FDA commissioners aren’t typically involved in the agency’s day-to-day medical reviews, but they often serve as a buffer between FDA scientists and political forces elsewhere in government.

FDA nominee sidesteps questions on abortion pill, agency layoffs and other issues A professor at Johns Hopkins University, Dr. Marty Makary is known for his contrarian views and previously called ...

Dr. Marty Makary is known for his contrarian views and previously called the FDA “broken,” and “mired in politics” while working for Fox News.