Food and Drug Administration, Staffers and Reinstates

Trump reinstates fired staff working on food and device safety, 9/11 program
Patient advocacy groups had decried the firings,  and lobbying groups rushed to save some slots that were in part funded by the private sector.
FDA moves to rehire medical device, food safety and other staffers fired days earlier
The reversal is the latest example of President Donald Trump and billionaire Elon Musk’s chaotic approach to cost-cutting, which has resulted in several agencies firing, and then scrambling to rehire, employees responsible for nuclear weapons, national parks and other government services.
F.D.A. Reinstates Fired Medical Device, Food and Legal Staffers
The agency changed course just days after firing employees who oversee the safety of food and life-sustaining medical devices. Dozens of workers said they and others were back at work Monday.
FDA scrambles to rehire food safety and other staffers who were fired last week
The Trump administration's chaotic cost-cutting has let to similar reversals at other agencies, which sought to rehire ex-employees responsible for nuclear weapons, national parks and other government services.
Trump administration cuts reach FDA employees in food safety, medical devices and tobacco products
The Trump administration’s effort to slash the size of the federal workforce reached the Food and Drug Administration this weekend
FDA rehires medical device staffers fired only days earlier
Like other agencies, the FDA terminations went to employees in their probationary period, typically the first two years of federal employment. But that approach resulted in the te

Drug compounders sue FDA over semaglutide status

Hims is officially phasing out its copycat weight-loss drugs, and the company's stock tumbled — again
After the FDA removed semaglutide injection products from a shortage list, compounders like Hims have 60-90 days to stop ...
How the FDA's approval for food additives works, and why experts say a loophole allows companies to bypass it
Experts say that for decades, a legal loophole has allowed companies to include chemical additives that could be potentially ...
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Hims and Hers likely to stop selling cheaper versions of GLP-1 medications
The FDA has resolved the shortage of Wegovy and Ozempic, but companies like Hims and Hers may halt sales of compounded ...
Hims & Hers shares plunge as looming curbs on drug compounding cloud forecast
Hims & Hers Health shares were headed for their biggest single-day plunge as Wall Street analysts questioned the telehealth ...
How the Trump administration can take a responsible step toward women’s safety
The fight over abortion has long been framed as a political battle, but at its core, it is a matter of life and death — for ...
What is metformin, the old diabetes drug some people are taking for weight loss?
The telehealth company Hims & Hers has made waves for its Super Bowl ad that plugged its lower-priced form of injectable ...
F.D.A. Firings Decimated Teams Reviewing A.I. and Food Safety
Staff units evaluating high-tech surgical robots and insulin-delivery systems were gutted by Trump layoffs even though ...
Top FDA food safety official's resignation letter warns firings will backfire on RFK Jr.
James Jones resigned as FDA deputy commissioner and said the Trump administration's "indiscriminate" job cuts show "disdain for the very people necessary to implement your agenda." ...