Food and Drug Administration, Staffers and Medical Device

FDA moves to rehire medical device, food safety and other staffers fired days earlier
Barely a week after mass firings at the Food and Drug Administration, some probationary staffers received unexpected news over the weekend: The government wants them back. Beginning Friday night, FDA employees overseeing medical devices,
F.D.A. Reinstates Fired Medical Device, Food and Legal Staffers
The agency changed course just days after firing employees who oversee the safety of food and life-sustaining medical devices. Dozens of workers said they and others were back at work Monday.
US FDA approves Medtronic's medical device for Parkinson's disease
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved Medtronic's deep brain stimulation system for use in patients with Parkinson's disease, the medical device maker said on Monday.
Oops! Trump Accidentally Fired FDA Medical Device Reviewers
The Food and Drug Administration is scrambling to bring back hundreds of critical workers laid off en masse by DOGE.
Medical Device Industry Protests Firings of FDA Workers
The group that represents medical device makers in Washington is coming out against the Trump administration’s firings of employees who regulate the industry.
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
FDA aims to reinstate fired staffers
Barely a week after mass firings at the Food and Drug Administration, some probationary staffers received unexpected news over the weekend: The government wants them back. Beginning Friday night, FDA employees overseeing medical devices,
FDA scrambles to rehire food safety and other staffers who were fired last week
The Trump administration's chaotic cost-cutting has let to similar reversals at other agencies, which sought to rehire ex-employees responsible for nuclear weapons, national parks and other government services.
FDA rehires medical device staffers fired only days earlier
Like other agencies, the FDA terminations went to employees in their probationary period, typically the first two years of federal employment. But that approach resulted in the te
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Tumult in FDA’s medical device center; one CEO speaks out on NIH cuts
The cuts hit the FDA’s medical device center particularly hard, impacting product reviewers and researchers of AI-enabled ...
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FDA works to reverse layoffs, rehire lost staff: reports
After hundreds of FDA employees were suddenly laid off last weekend, including dozens at the agency’s device center, the ...
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Foreign Drug and Medical Device Manufacturers Under a Second Trump Administration: Increased Enforcement Scrutiny?
As discussions intensify about how the second Trump administration will reshape the regulatory landscape for U.S.-based life sciences firms, ...
US FDA asks fired scientists to return, including some reviewing Musk’s Neuralink
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is asking some of its recently fired scientists if they will come back to their jobs, ...
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Health AI: How recent FDA layoffs could shift regulatory burden to health systems
Tech adoption might slow down if the FDA layoffs shift responsibility for medical device and AI safety to hospitals.
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Understanding FDA’s complaint reporting systems
If you have a complaint about a product regulated by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the agency wants to hear ...
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FDA OKs adaptive brain pacemaker for Parkinson's treatment
The Food and Drug Administration on Monday granted its first approval for a pacemaker-like device for the brain to ease ...