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RFK Jr. says FDA has become a ‘sock puppet’ in meeting with staff
The Food and Drug Administration has become a “sock puppet” of the industries it regulates, Health and Human Services ...
FDA to replace laid-off employees with contractors, sources say
The contractors would effectively replace most of the work done by more than 50 laid-off federal employees who handled travel ...
Kennedy, in private speech to FDA staff, calls agency a ‘sock puppet' for the industry
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., in a speech Friday to Food and Drug Administration staff, derided their past ...
RFK Jr. calls FDA a 'sock puppet' for industries in private speech to agency staff
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. spent a portion of his speech on Friday to FDA staff deriding their past decisions, at ...
Kennedy Accuses F.D.A. of Drug Industry Influence That Barred Alternative Remedies
The nation’s health secretary addressed agency employees, asking them to shed any corporate influence. But he did not address ...
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Physicians Committee Applauds FDA Commissioner Makary’s Leadership on Phasing Out Animal Testing in Favor of Human-Relevant Methods
The Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine, a nonprofit that advocates for nonanimal science, is applauding the new ...
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RFK Jr. warns FDA staff of ‘deep state’ in all-hands meeting
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. warned Food and Drug Administration staff about the influence of the “deep state” on the agency.
Ex-FDA Official Is Worried About the FDA's New "Anti-Vaccine Tone"
Dr. Peter Marks, an ex-FDA vaccine official, is warning of a fundamental change at the agency—where vaccine skepticism now ...
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FDA plans to phase out animal testing in drugs in what it calls a ‘paradigm shift’
The move comes after lawmakers sought to force the agency to update regulations that would allow alternatives to animal ...
RFK Jr. says Deep State ‘is real,’ called FDA employees ‘sock puppet’ of industry
Kennedy Jr.’s visit to the FDA Friday was supposed to introduce him as a trusted leader to agency employees. It did anything but. Over the course of 40 minutes, Kennedy, in largely off-the-cuff ...
Recursion: FDA To Replace Animal Testing With AI? - A Small But Necessary Win
Recursion Pharmaceuticals' stock is soaring today on news the FDA is planning on phasing out some animal testing, replacing ...