Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr's quest to "Make America Healthy Again" grew far more substantial on Tuesday, with the announcement that the federal government will eliminate all petroleum-based synthetic food dyes by the end of 2026. The announcement came at a Washington DC news conference, with RFK Jr joined by Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner Marty Makary and National Institutes of Health Director Jay Bhattacharya. The podium was flanked by "MAHA Moms" and their children; the moms are a coalition of outspoken advocates of the...

Novavax Inc. shares rose after US regulators asked for more data on its Covid vaccine, signaling the shot may be on a path to full approval despite US Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. raising doubts about its efficacy. The company said Wednesday the US Food and Drug Administration is seeking more clinical data as part of a “post marking commitment,” which are studies done on safety and efficacy after a product has been approved. The company’s vaccine is already on the market under a conditional approval...

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has claimed he wants to “Make America Healthy Again,” but pretty much everything he’s done since taking over as head of the Department of Health and Human Services seems destined to make Americans sicker and less healthy. Reuters reports that, under Kennedy, the Food and Drug Administration has announced it will suspend a quality control program that tests milk and other dairy products. The outlet cites emails from the FDA’s Division of Dairy Safety to report that the shuttered program, which involves proficiency testing for grade...

Orchestra BioMed Holdings shares rallied premarket after the maker of medical devices said a blood-pressure mechanism received breakthrough status from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, allowing for a speedier review. The New Hope, Pa., company said Tuesday it received the FDA's Breakthrough Device Designation for an atrioventricular interval modulation therapy.

Based on facts, either observed and verified firsthand by the reporter, or reported and verified from knowledgeable sources. A quality control program for testing fluid milk and other dairy products at the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is reportedly suspended as the agency faces capacity issues following recent cuts. The suspension was reported by Reuters, which cited an internal FDA email it had seen. It covers Grade "A" raw milk—which meets the highest sanitary standards—and finished products, and began on Monday. The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has...

FDA Removing Pharmaceutical Representatives From Advisory Panels Authored by Zachary Stieber via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is removing pharmaceutical company representatives from advisory committees in a bid to limit industry influence. Dr. Marty Makary, then the nominee to lead the Food and Drug Administration, testifies during a confirmation hearing before the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions on Capitol Hill in Washington on March 6, 2025. Madalina Vasiliu/The Epoch Times Dr.

Regeneron Pharmaceuticals said it is working to determine a path forward for its treatment of several retinal conditions after the Food and Drug Administration said it didn't agree with the company's proposal to extend the interval between doses. The FDA told Regeneron in a complete response letter that while it didn't identify any issues with the safety or efficacy of the drug in its approved indications and dosing regimens, the agency didn't agree with Regeneron's proposal to add additional extended dosing intervals The company previously submitted a supplemental biologics license...

How FDA cuts could make the food and drug supply less safe When Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced in March that he would eliminate thousands of jobs from federal health agencies, he promised that he would spare the inspectors who keep America's food and drugs safe by scrutinizing factories around the world. Kennedy kept his word and didn't fire inspectors, but key support staffers who handled travel arrangements, reimbursements and more are gone, according to two current inspectors who spoke on condition of anonymity because...

Like much of the federal government, the Food and Drug Administration has faced several program cuts and changes under the Trump administration’s sweeping changes to the bureaucracy. In the most recent round of cuts, various senior negotiators at the FDA who talk with pharmaceutical companies to renew user fee programs that fund the drug review system were laid off, per a report from Reuters. The report claims the 15 people who were fired included the head negotiator and deputy negotiator for one of the user fee agreements, which could set...