Big Tobacco comes out on top after US FDA shake-up

By Yasmeen Abutaleb, Emma Rumney and Chris Prentice WASHINGTON, May 26 (Reuters) - The U.S. FDA's new, looser regulation of ...

'Poisoning American kids': Big Tobacco gave Trump PAC $5 million — and 5 days later, the FDA cleared flavored vapes. Critics are crying 'corruption'

Reynolds American subsidiary sent $5 million check to MAGA Inc. Days later, flavored vapes clear FDA approval.

Trump’s FDA Reversed Policy on Flavored Vapes One Week After Tobacco Company Donated $5 Million to PAC He Supports

President Donald Trump ousted a top official in his administration and pushed through a policy change mere days after a ...

FDA staff blindsided by org’s about-face on flavored vapes, contradicting MAHA goals

The vaping guidelines bypassed a federally mandated period for public comment and revisions. Instead, the FDA published the ...
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Trump-backed PAC took $5 million from tobacco giant before FDA opened door to flavored vapes

A multimillion-dollar contribution from Reynolds American was disclosed days before tobacco executives met with President Trump and less than a week before federal regulators issued guidance that ...

FDA drops guardrails on vaping industry in major Trump pivot

The Trump administration is pivoting hard on vaping, taking down guardrails that have limited the industry’s growth in recent ...
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Industry groups seek changes to FDA guidance on Form 483 responses

Industry groups and legal experts want the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to make significant revisions to a proposed guidance on how pharmaceutical manufacturers should address Form 483 ...
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This Week at FDA: FDA’s leadership churn continues, PDUFA negotiations wrap up, and more

Welcome to another installment of This Week at FDA, your weekly source for updates – big and small – on FDA, drug and medical ...
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FDA paves way for more consumer wearables to hit the market, eases regulation of AI-enabled devices

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) updated its guidance on Tuesday to allow more wearables to fall into a general wellness category and skip the agency's expensive review process before going to ...