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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 commissioner of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Marty Makary, MD, MPH, ...
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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 ...
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How bad is it? RFK Jr.’s extinction-level threat to science-based federal health policy and public health is here
I called RFK Jr. an "extinction-level" threat to US biomedical science and public health. That extinction is under way.
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Kennedy Gives FDA Staff Earful
Addressing an FDA staff whose morale already has plunged because of thousands of layoffs, Health and Human Services Secretary ...
RFK Jr. drops slur in 40-minute tirade that made staffers leave
During his visit to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Friday, Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. delivered a ...
Kennedy tells FDA employees that 'the Deep State is real': report
HHS Secretary Kennedy reportedly told FDA employees on Friday that "the Deep State" is real and that the agency had become a ...
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RFK Jr. spills on ‘deep state,’ calls FDA ‘a sock puppet’ of industry in face of anonymous attack
HHS Sec. RFK Jr.'s callout of the deep state to "sock puppet" FDA met with anonymous allegations of walkouts and use of a derogatory term.
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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. 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 ...
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 says it will phase out animal testing requirement for monoclonal antibodies, drugs
The FDA announced a shift away from animal testing for drug approval, citing advanced alternatives like AI and organoids ...
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FDA reverses course on telework after layoffs and resignations threaten basic operations
The Food and Drug Administration is reversing course on its requirement for all staffers to report to the office.