US FDA’s structure for its new pharmaceutical inspectorate, part of the massive reorganization of the Office of Regulatory Affairs, includes four domestic divisions, a fifth handling foreign inspections and the sixth handling program functions. New staff directory could prove valuable to pharmaceutical companies learning to interact with a very different field organization.

For the medical device industry, FDA's five regional offices – Pacific, Central, Northeast, Southwest, Southeast – will be replaced by three distinct divisions across the US encompassing 20 FDA district offices on May 15. Check out the latest US map from the agency showing where the device divisions will be located, and find out what your firm will be facing at its next facility inspection.

Look! Up in the sky! It’s a bird! It’s a plane! It’s … a COVID-19 test from Quest Diagnostics. Goal of pilot program is to determine roles drones can have not only in response to pandemics, but in health care delivery and retail.