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Prostate cancer drug now available to more patients with aggressive form of disease
Pluvicto, a prostate cancer drug, has gained expanded approval that triples the number of patients with metastatic disease ...
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Why the closure of an FDA office may impact generics manufacturers — and everyday Americans
The Division of Policy Development in the Office of Generic Drug Policy, which was created more than a decade ago, was ...
FDA says it will phase out animal testing requirement for monoclonal antibodies and drugs
The US Food and Drug Administration announced Thursday that it will be phasing out a requirement that monoclonal antibodies ...
Former FDA vaccine chief on RFK Jr. and autism cause: Giving people false hope is ‘wrong’
Former Food and Drug Administration vaccine chief Dr. Peter Marks weighed in on Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s remarks about finding a cause of ...
FDA planning for fewer food and drug inspections due to layoffs, officials say
Around 170 staff were cut from the FDA's Office of Inspections and Investigations this week as part of wider cuts at U.S.
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FDA to phase out some animal testing requirements, possibly replace them with AI models
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced Thursday it plans to phase out animal testing requirements for biological products and drugs, instead moving toward alternative testing models such ...
FDA reverses course on telework after layoffs and resignations threaten basic operations
The Food and Drug Administration is reversing course on its requirement for all staffers to report to the office ...
US FDA to phase out animal testing in drug development
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said on Thursday it plans to replace animal testing in the development of monoclonal ...
Mass Layoffs Hit Health Agencies That Track Disease and Regulate Food
The cuts were part of a Trump administration plan announced last week to dismiss thousands of employees and drastically ...
F.D.A. Layoffs Could Raise Drug Costs and Erode Food Safety
Trump cutbacks were supposedly aimed at administrators. But scientists in food and drug-testing labs and policy experts who ...