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

For years, inspectors have uncovered dirty equipment, contaminated supplies and fraudulent testing records in some overseas factories — serious safety and quality breaches that can sicken or kill ...

Potential NIH and FDA cuts could lower the number of new drugs that come to market in the next three decades, according to a CBO analysis.

Cuts to support staff at the Food and Drug Administration are shifting work to the agency's inspectors. Stefani Reynolds / Bloomberg via Getty Images.

The White House has said it planned to cut 3,500 full-time employees at the FDA and 2,400 workers from the CDC, along with 1,200 staff from the National Institutes of Health, according to the BBC.

The FDA has not published more than a dozen letters that flagged hazards at food companies, including potential contamination, two sources said. Skip to content. Main Navigation. Search.

The apparent reversals are the latest examples of the haphazard approach to agency cuts that have shrunk FDA’s workforce by an estimated 20%, or about 3,500 jobs, in addition to an unspecified ...

February 19, 2025 – The Trump administration’s staff cuts hit the Department of Health and Human Services at the end of last week, impacting agencies that do food system work, especially the Food & ...

FDA staff cuts are already impacting regulatory work, Biotech leaders warn. Apr. 10, 2025 11:37 AM ET Pfizer Inc. (PFE) Stock, BEAM Stock, RNA Stock, ARQT Stock TVTX, XFOR, APLS, STRO, NKTX, PEPG ...

FDA stalls in posting food safety warning letters amid staff cuts The FDA has not published more than a dozen letters that flagged hazards at food companies, including potential contamination, two ...