Becker's Hospital Review

Drug inspectors warn of slower checks following FDA layoffs

Cuts at the FDA are slowing inspections of overseas drug manufacturers, prompting concerns from former and current employees that medication safety could be at risk, ProPublica reported July 7. Dozens ...
HealthLeaders Media

FDA Layoffs Could Compromise Safety of Medications Made at Foreign Factories, Inspectors Say

Inspectors charged with safeguarding America's drug supply say they are reeling from deep cuts at the Food and Drug Administration despite promises by the Trump administration to preserve the work of ...
BioSpace

Big Pharma Pushes FDA To Decouple Inspections From Drug Approval Applications

Representatives of companies including AbbVie, Eli Lilly, Johnson & Johnson and Merck have voiced concerns about the FDA’s ...
KPBS

How FDA cuts could make the food and drug supply less safe

When Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced in March that he would eliminate thousands of jobs from federal health agencies, he promised that he would spare the inspectors ...
MM&M

FDA layoffs could compromise safety of medications made at foreign factories, inspectors say

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