Tag: FDA

Top health officials will testify before Senate via videoconference over coronavirus concerns

Carlin Becker · May 10, 2020 9:28 pm

President Trump signed into law the FDA Reauthorization Act of 2017 on Friday. It reauthorizes a program in which drug and device makers pay the FDA a fee for every new product application, and the agency uses that money to hire more people and speed up approvals. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

FDA desperately needs an overhaul

Brian Blase · May 9, 2020 10:47 pm

Stephen Hahn, commissioner of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, listens as President Donald Trump speaks about the coronavirus in the James Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House, Tuesday, April 21, 2020, in Washington.

Head of FDA quarantines after contact with Pence aide who tested positive for coronavirus

Zach Halaschak · May 9, 2020 3:28 pm

President Trump signed into law the FDA Reauthorization Act of 2017 on Friday. It reauthorizes a program in which drug and device makers pay the FDA a fee for every new product application, and the agency uses that money to hire more people and speed up approvals. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

The lesson of the coronavirus: Reinvent the FDA

James Driscoll · May 8, 2020 4:00 am

In this April 5, 2009, photo, the Department of Health and Human Services building is seen in Washington.

Vaccine official who warned against pushing hydroxychloroquine files whistleblower complaint

Cassidy Morrison · May 5, 2020 8:03 pm

In this Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2019 photo, California Gov. Gavin Newsom receives applause after delivering his first state of the state address to a joint session of the legislature at the Capitol in Sacramento, Calif.

More blue states move toward reopening

Cassidy Morrison · May 5, 2020 12:00 am

Former FDA chief lacks confidence in coronavirus antibody tests: ‘I’d repeat it three times’

Caitlin Yilek · May 4, 2020 3:24 pm

Weekend brings allure of beaches and outdoor spaces as states emerge from lockdowns

Cassidy Morrison · May 2, 2020 4:01 am

President Donald Trump walks from Marine One to speak to reporters before boarding Air Force One at Morristown Municipal Airport in Morristown, N.J., Thursday, Aug. 15, 2019, en route to a campaign rally in Manchester, N.H.

FDA authorizes possible coronavirus remedy remdesivir for emergency use

Cassidy Morrison · May 1, 2020 8:14 pm

Infectious disease professor says coronavirus tests fast-tracked by FDA are ‘nothing short of a disaster’

Madison Dibble · April 26, 2020 3:54 pm

President Donald Trump speaks during a coronavirus task force briefing at the White House, Saturday, April 4, 2020, in Washington.

The White House’s best-case scenario for the pandemic slips out of reach

Cassidy Morrison · April 25, 2020 4:00 am

FDA chief defends Trump: ‘Many Americans’ ask about injecting themselves with disinfectants

Mike Brest · April 24, 2020 7:31 pm