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FDA to replace laid-off employees with contractors, sources say
The contractors would effectively replace most of the work done by more than 50 laid-off federal employees who handled travel ...
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 ...
To promote drug safety, FDA to replace animal testing with AI-based experiments, other methods
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is replacing animal testing with human-relevant methods, including artificial ...
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 ...
FDA reverses course on telework after layoffs and resignations threaten basic operations
Weeks after ordering all Food and Drug Administration employees back into the office, the agency is reversing course, ...
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 ...
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.
RFK Jr. calls FDA a 'sock puppet' for industries in private speech to agency staff
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. spent a portion of his speech on Friday to FDA staff deriding their past decisions, at ...
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FDA plans to phase out animal testing for some drugs
The initiative, which will start with monoclonal antibodies, is the first big regulatory shift from the FDA since Martin ...
Trump administration cuts FDA staff handling bird flu outbreaks
Federal regulators were responsible for recalling pet food contaminated with bird flu, which killed household cats.
Trump layoffs begin to erode FDA drug review system
The firings this week also include all staff responsible for managing records – such as new product applications – at FDA ...