Food and Drug Administration (FDA): What It Is and Does

The Food and Drug Administration is a government agency that regulates certain food, drugs, cosmetics, and medical products.
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FDA launches new AI-powered system to track drug and vaccine side effects nationwide

FIRST ON FOX: The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) rolled out a new platform, backed by artificial intelligence, that will streamline publicly accessible reporting of negative or unexpected health ...
JD Supra

FDA Leaders Propose New “Plausible Mechanism Pathway” for Development and Approval of Drugs and Biologics

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued a statement, published electronically in the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) on November 12, 2025, proposing a new process for obtaining ...
STAT

The FDA’s pivot from ad comms to ‘expert’ panels is bad medicine

Alexander is a practicing internist and drug safety expert at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Americans trust the Food and Drug Administration to make life-and-death decisions in ...
CNN

Threat in your medicine cabinet: The FDA’s gamble on America’s drugs

This story was originally published by ProPublica, is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive its biggest stories as soon as they’re published. On a sweltering ...
STAT

FDA rejects rare disease therapy from Disc Medicine, early recipient of commissioner’s voucher

Lizzy Lawrence leads STAT’s coverage of the Food and Drug Administration. She was previously a medical devices reporter. You can reach Lizzy on Signal at lizzylaw.53. Adam Feuerstein is a senior ...
FiercePharma

FDA chides BeOne, ImmunityBio promo materials in 1st untitled letters of 2026

The steady stream of FDA untitled letters that began in September is showing no signs of letting up in the new year. The regulator’s Office of Prescription Drug Promotion (OPDP) has already sent out ...
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Threat in the Medicine Cabinet: The FDA's Gamble on America's Drugs

ProPublica is a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative newsroom. Sign up for The Big Story newsletter to receive stories like this one in your inbox. On a sweltering morning in western India in 2022, ...