New FDA commissioner commitment to counter misinformation also appears to include pledge to ensure agency is driven by science-based decisions, not politics.
Newly installed US Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Robert Califf pledged to proactively counter misinformation about science and the FDA to help improve public health, in his first communication to agency staff and the public.
Califf framed the need to combat distortions as part of the agency’s overall commitment to rely on the best science...
Merck’s newly approved Enflonsia for RSV is one of the products expected to be recommended for use by the CDC Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices later this month.
Robert Foster, HHS deputy general counsel and chief counsel for food, research and drugs, is temporarily heading the Office of Chief Counsel, but a permanent appointee is expected after Michael Stuart's confirmation as HHS general counsel.
Cell and gene therapy developers may not have to contend with HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s animosity like the traditional pharma industry, but his disinterest in distinguishing between the good and bad actors in the space could backfire.
The group had been laid off as part of the 1 April reduction-in-force, which lead to missed guidance publication deadlines.
The developers of the ChAdOx1 NipahB vaccine will be able to benefit from the early and enhanced support that the European Medicines Agency offers through its priority medicines scheme.
Pink Sheet reporter and editors discuss CBER Director Vinay Prasad’s expectation to stay out of routine application decisions, despite the agency’s top-down leadership approach, and the extent of proposed FDA budget cuts.
Experts from EUCOPE explain why the Council of the EU’s position on the proposed overhaul of the general pharmaceutical legislation could offer more predictability for companies than the commission’s initial offering.
