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FDA Official With Oversight of Musk’s Neuralink Devices Fired
An official who oversees a team at the Food and Drug Administration that reviews Neuralink Corp. devices was fired, according to an email the agency sent to staff Tuesday morning viewed by Bloomberg.
FDA’s former top food official says Trump firings are ‘dismantling’ the division
The former head of the FDA's food division told STAT he resigned because cuts made by the Trump administration imperil the agenda set forth by Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
FDA Food Division Leader Quits After Staff Layoffs
Jim Jones, a deputy commissioner at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, resigned Monday following what he called the “indiscriminate firing” of nearly 90 staff members. “It has been increasingly cl
DOGE fired FDA staff reviewing Neuralink.
Reuters reports that roughly 20 people in the FDA’s office of neurological and physical medicine devices were let go over the weekend. Including staffers overseeing clinical trial applications from Neuralink,
FDA firings spur deputy commissioner for human foods to quit
The Trump administration firings of employees at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration caused FDA Deputy Commissioner for Human Foods Jim Jones to resign on Monday.
What new DOGE firings at the FDA could mean for food safety and medical devices
The firings appeared to focus on employees in the agency’s centers for food, medical devices, and tobacco products. The Trump administration’s effort to slash the size of the federal workforce reached the Food and Drug Administration this weekend,
Quitting FDA Food Head Says Firings Make Trump Agenda Impossible
A Food and Drug Administration leader has abruptly quit after he claimed staff layoffs would make it impossible to do the work the Trump administration has called for. In a letter to the FDA’s acting commissioner,
Trump administration cuts reach FDA employees in food safety, medical devices and tobacco products
The Trump administration’s effort to slash the size of the federal workforce reached the Food and Drug Administration this weekend.
Trump administration cuts FDA jobs but tries to bring back fired nuclear weapons workers
The Trump administration’s effort to slash the size of the federal workforce reached the Food and Drug Administration this weekend, as recently hired employees who review the safety of food ingredients,
Head Of FDA's Food Division Quits Over Job Cuts
Jim Jones, head of the Food & Drug Administration's food division, has reportedly resigned citing widespread layoffs that he believes will hinder regulatory progress.
DOGE reportedly fired the FDA employees who were reviewing clinical trials for Elon Musk’s Neuralink
The Department of Government Efficiency fired the FDA employees who were responsible for overseeing the clinical trial ...
Exclusive-FDA staff reviewing Musk’s Neuralink were included in DOGE employee firings, sources say
U.S. Food and Drug Administration employees reviewing Elon Musk’s brain implant company Neuralink were fired over the weekend ...
FDA’s food safety head resigns over mass layoffs
Jim Jones, the former head of the Food and Drug Administration’s food division, resigned on Monday, citing the mass firings ...
Social Security Chief, FDA Head Resign Over Trump Administration Orders
The SSA acting commissioner stepped down over requests from DOGE to access data, while the FDA food division head left amid ...
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FDA’s head of device safety among employees terminated in ‘challenging’ weekend
The cuts hit the FDA's medical device center particularly hard, including reviewers and experts on AI-enabled medical ...
Head of FDA's food division resigns after dozens of terminations at the agency: report
The head of the FDA's food division, Jim Jones, resigned on Monday following layoffs within the division that he argues were ...
Food Head at FDA Resigns, Citing Numerous Job Cuts in Division
Jim Jones, the head of the food division at the US Food and Drug Administration who oversaw the agency’s banning of the food ...
FDA To Review Teva and Alvotech Drug That Could Compete With Regeneron's Eylea
Teva Pharmaceutical Industries and partner Alvotech said the Food and Drug Administration agreed to review their AVTO6 ...