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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. says FDA has become a “sock puppet” in meeting with staff
Kennedy Jr. said Friday, telling workers at the beleaguered agency that those industries have exerted too much influence on regulatory decisions for too long. In a roughly 27-minute speech, Kennedy ...
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 ...
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 in an ...
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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 ...
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 ...
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FDA plans to end animal testing requirements for monoclonal antibody drugs
The FDA is moving away from requiring animal models for investigational new drug (IND) applications for new monoclonal ...