The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) finally has a new commissioner, after 391 days of interim leadership. In a narrow vote of 50 to 46 on Feb. 15, the Senate...

With a vote of 13 to 10, the Antimicrobial Drugs Advisory Committee, an advisory panel to the US Food and Drug Administration, narrowly decided to to recommend emergency...

US president Joe Biden has nominated Robert M. Califf to return to the job he once held as commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). In a statement, Biden –...

Acting quickly after its advisory panel published its guidance, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Sept. 22 announced it was amending its Emergency Use...

In a 16-2 vote, the US Food and Drug Administration’s advisory panel on Sept. 17 recommended against supporting president Joe Biden’s plans to offer a booster dose of the...

Two key vaccine officials of the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) plan to quit the agency over the next three months in protest against President Joe Biden’s plan to...

Alex Azar, US Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), is rumored to be plotting for the Trump administration to oust FDA Commissioner Stephen Hahn in retaliation...

The administration of US president Donald Trump said on Oct. 6 it planned to override the tightening of safety precautions for Covid-19 vaccine proposed by the Food and...