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Inside FDA’s Response to Reagan-Udall Foundation Report: Spotlight on the Science and Application Review Task Force - LexBlog
There is a common refrain that appears throughout the Reagan-Udall Foundation report on the Center for Tobacco Products (CTP) at the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) — lack of transparency.
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Even over the counter, Narcan may be too costly to reach many drug users - Washington Post
Before month’s end, federal regulators are poised to allow over-the-counter sale of a nasal spray that reverses the potentially lethal effects of an opioid overdose. But groups that work to reduce the toll of drugs on the streets have one question:…
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Coalition wants an audience with the Senate committee to discuss FDA leadership - LexBlog
A coalition of consumer and industry groups is seeking a meeting with a Senate committee regarding the head of the FDA and his response to a recent report calling for a reorganization of the agency.
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The FDA’s CTP Review Uncovers Multiple Issues - The Vaping Post
It is no secret that the FDA has been under scrutiny for multiple reasons related to the authorization of safer nicotine alternative products. Last Summer the agency was heavily criticised by Senators Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) and Susan Collins (R-Maine).…
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It’s time for a Department of Food and Nutrition - Food Safety News
The failures of the federal Food and Drug Administration (FDA) have been in plain view since at least early 2022. At that point the public saw the FDA’s  scandalous neglect of Abbott Nutrition’s contaminated infant formula — which was reported to…
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An All-Center Approach: CTP’s Response to the Reagan-Udall Foundation Evaluation Report - FDA Statement
In September 2022, an independent expert panel facilitated by the Reagan-Udall Foundation began an operational evaluation of the Center for Tobacco Products (CTP) at the request of Food and Drug Administration Commissioner, Dr. Robert Califf.…
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The FDA plan: The morning after the morning after - Food Safety News
New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman once wrote; “Everything really important happens the morning after the morning after…” In short, focus on what really changes, not what is said will change. That is a good lesson for the White House and…
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FDA Provides Update on Proposed Human Foods Program and Office of Regulatory Affairs Restructuring - FDA Statement
Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced that it has begun a national search for a new Deputy Commissioner for Human Foods and is providing an update on last month’s proposed restructuring of the agency’s Human Foods…
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FDA’s update for new Human Foods Program falls short of industry expectations - Food Navigator
Even as FDA kicks off a search for a deputy commissioner for its proposed Human Foods Program who it says will have a “clear line of authority over” all human food safety and nutrition programs, industry stakeholders worry agency is choosing a “business…
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FDA says there’s ‘a lot more work to come’ to improve the way it regulates tobacco products - CNN
On Friday, the US Food and Drug Administration’s Center for Tobacco Products announced steps it would take to do a better job regulating tobacco products. In December, an independent panel of experts said in a report that the FDA’s…
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