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1 min read 2021-11-18 19:28:41

The Once and Future FDA Commissioner

In what has been a glacially paced nomination process, the Biden Administration announced on November 12 that it would, in fact, be nominating

1 min read 2021-10-28 18:54:56

Recently it was reported that the President Biden appears ready to nominate former FDA Commissioner Robert Califf to boomerang back and head the

1 min read 2021-08-05 11:00:00

As more drugs are being approved, is FDA getting less advice than in the past? FDA maintains a vast network of outside advisors to provide input and

1 min read 2021-07-19 17:37:09

It has been a regular feature of the blog to give a read on what FDA has been talking about, at least through the form of press releases. It is not

1 min read 2021-01-11 20:44:20

Well. They said a lot. A lot more than ever, as one might expect. This past year, FDA issued a whopping 420 press releases, more so by far than any

1 min read 2021-01-06 19:59:55

Each year in January, it is relevant to look back on the activities of FDA during the course of the previous year and look at how it was the same or

1 min read 2020-12-10 19:57:27

Sometimes in the midst of events, perspective is elusive. Today the Food and Drug Administration will hold a meeting of the Vaccines and Related

1 min read 2020-10-21 19:30:50

First of all, we are having a bit of a crisis with our crisis. As we appear to be moving into yet another wave of COVID-19 infections, and as

1 min read 2020-08-24 23:05:06

In normal times, when there is no pandemic threatening our lives and livelihoods, it is essential for FDA to maintain the traditional “gold

1 min read 2020-08-18 18:48:00

Each year, midway through it all, I take a look back to see what FDA has been talking about and compare it to the year before to see how things may

1 min read 2020-07-08 19:31:40

I don’t usually publish the scheduling of an AdComm with a blog posting. But this one merits one. With fewer than the usual minimum of fifteen

1 min read 2020-03-17 19:00:24

Atrium at FDA The impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic bring change shifts the status quo on a daily basis with both breadth and depth. Everything we as

1 min read 2020-01-07 19:46:56

In 2019 FDA Continued A More Robust Pace of Engaging Media It is time to look at the forest rather than the trees. It has been a regular custom to

1 min read 2020-01-02 19:58:00

Happy New Year! It is 2020 – the year of clear vision. Let’s look back for a bit as we plunge forward. FDA is a giant agency where a lot