The Food and Drug Administration (#FDA) has already lost 19% of its staff, the Centers for Disease Control (#CDC) 18%, and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (#CMS) 9%.
https://www.medpagetoday.com/special-reports/features/115145
An Indian Drugmaker, Investigated by ProPublica Last Year, Has Recalled Two Dozen Medications Sold to U.S. Patients
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FDA inspectors found serious problems at a Glenmark factory in India that manufactured the recalled drugs. Another medication made there has been tied to deaths of U.S. patients.
https://www.propublica.org/article/glenmark-recalls-two-dozen-drugs?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
https://www.europesays.com/uk/23673/ Popular drug used to treat dogs may come with serious risks, FDA issues warning for adverse reactions #AdverseReactions #FDA #Food&DrugAdministration #Health #Holden #Librela #Medication #Missouri #PopularDogDrugMayComeWithSeriousRisks #RichPearson #Rigby #UK #UnitedKingdom #Zoetis
Support workers at #FDA who were laid off earlier this month were told they weren't needed; their work was being done by others at #HHS. Now the agency is finalizing plans to contract out their work, @alexander-a-tin.bsky.social reports. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/fda-replace-laid-off-employees-contractors/
https://www.alojapan.com/1247040/gov-wes-moores-sales-pitch-in-tokyo-is-turning-a-few-heads/ Gov. Wes Moore’s sales pitch in Tokyo is turning a few heads #AutofocusEyewear #FDA #Gov.WesMoore #InnovationAward #maryland #news #startup #Tokyo #TokyoNews #ViXion #東京 #東京都 Taku Nonaka doesn’t see much of a choice for his Tokyo-based technology company, ViXion: He must expand to the United States. But even after winning an innovation award at the annual CES tech conference in Las Vegas for ViXion’s “autofocus eyewear” — glasses that use a s…
The problem with the WARNING is that because of PBMs these #counterfeit products get distributed by pharmacies.
I don’t remember if it’s retail pharmacies or facility pharmacies where this kept happening, but there was a PBS Frontline documentary about how PBMs cause counterfeit medication to appear in legitimate supply chains.
So how would any of us know??
https://content.govdelivery.com/accounts/USFDA/bulletins/3db4ac9
#FDA #recall (sort of)
#PBM #counterfeitMeds #ozempic
“Health and Human Services Systems Are in Danger of Collapsing, Workers Say” - #WIRED
https://www.wired.com/story/department-health-human-services-possible-collapse/
“If the situation is not addressed, “pretty soon, the department will be completely open to external actors to get at the largest databases in the world that have all of our public health information in them, our sensitive drug testing clinical trial information at the #NIH or #FDA or different organizations’ mental health records,” the source claims…”
In life sciences, a press release serves as a strategic means to disseminate updates such as clinical trial results, #FDA approvals, product launches, research breakthroughs, and #corporate #development ... https://zurl.co/HqpVO #Lifesciences #pressreleasedistribution #media
The Trump regime is actively trying to
hurt the American ppl. #FDA this wk: it’d stop requiring drugmakers to use animal testing & instead permit AI. I don’t want a robot to tell me whether a drug is going to hurt, maim or kill me. I want a human being to make that judgment based on human science.
There’re things that all of us have taken for granted: food inspection, AQ control, drug safety, deposit INSUR… -never had to think about them.
#Sabotage #PublicSafety #USPol
https://www.editorialboard.com/do-liberals-still-trust-the-government/
When you get rid of most of the people whose work fuels the day-to-day operations of an agency like #NIH, can the agency still function? Scientists & public health experts working at NIH, #CDC & #FDA fear the answer is no, & that they're about to find out. https://www.statnews.com/2025/04/11/hhs-layoffs-analysis-health-impact-nih-cuts-cdc-rif-fda-reduction-in-force/
FDA employees walk out during RFK Jr's address
https://www.yahoo.com/news/rfk-jr-says-deep-state-183340624.html
If it's been too overwhelming to read every single thing about what's happening at federal health agencies, this piece from ten (10!) of my @STAT colleagues gives you an overview of what's happened and how bad it is:
“We are really trying to hold things together with our bare hands,” said one employee.
FDA RECALL
Brand: Marketside
Product: Celery Sticks
Issue: Due to possibility of contamination with Listeria monocytogenes.
Date: 04/11/2025
More: https://www.fda.gov/safety/recalls-market-withdrawals-safety-alerts/duda-farm-fresh-foods-inc-emite-aviso-para-1587-cajas-de-marketside-4in16-oz-bundle-pack-por-posible #FDA #recall
FDA RECALL
Brand: Blue Ridge Beef
Product: Puppy Mix and Kitten Mix
Issue: Salmonella & Listeria contamination.
Date: 04/11/2025
More: https://www.fda.gov/safety/recalls-market-withdrawals-safety-alerts/blue-ridge-beef-issues-voluntary-recall-blue-ridge-beef-puppy-mix-and-kitten-mix-due-salmonella #FDA #recall
FDA RECALL
Brand: Walker’s Wine Juice LLC
Product: Pumpkin Juice
Issue: Potential Foodborne Illness - Botulism
Date: 04/01/2025
More: https://www.fda.gov/safety/recalls-market-withdrawals-safety-alerts/walkers-wine-juice-llc-recalls-product-due-possible-health-risk #FDA #recall
FDA RECALL
Brand: Tony’s Chocolonely Inc.
Product: Dark Chocolate Almond Sea Salt Bar and Everything Bar
Issue: Potential presence of small stones
Date: 04/02/2025
More: https://www.fda.gov/safety/recalls-market-withdrawals-safety-alerts/tonys-chocolonely-recalls-two-chocolate-products-because-they-may-contain-small-stones #FDA #recall
FDA RECALL
Brand: Panaderia/Bakery
Product: Quesadilla de Queso bread
Issue: May contain undeclared milk
Date: 04/02/2025
More: https://www.fda.gov/safety/recalls-market-withdrawals-safety-alerts/panaderia-salvadorena-inc-issues-allergy-alert-undeclared-milk-quesadilla-de-queso #FDA #recall
FDA RECALL
Brand: Texas Pete
Product: Condiments
Issue: Potential or Undeclared Allergen-Sulfites
Date: 04/03/2025
More: https://www.fda.gov/safety/recalls-market-withdrawals-safety-alerts/tw-garner-food-company-issues-recall-texas-peter-habanero-buffalo-sauce-due-potential-presence #FDA #recall
FDA RECALL
Brand: enVista Aspire
Product: enVista Aspire™, enVista Envy™ and Certain enVista® Monofocal Intraocular Lenses
Issue: Increased frequency of reports of toxic anterior segment syndrome
Date: 04/07/2025
More: https://www.fda.gov/safety/recalls-market-withdrawals-safety-alerts/bausch-lomb-announces-voluntary-recall-envista-aspiretm-envista-envytm-and-certain-envistar #FDA #recall
