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FDA Chief Defends Job Cuts, COVID Booster Policy at Senate Hearing
Seven weeks into his job as FDA commissioner, Marty Makary, MD, MPH, held his own answering a barrage of sometimes ...
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FDA chief pushes back on senators’ criticism, says Covid booster trials should take ‘roughly a year’
The hearing was supposed to focus on the Trump administration’s 2026 budget request, but instead covered a wide range of ...
FDA sets new COVID booster guidelines for healthy adults under 65
The FDA plans to require new clinical trials for approval of annual COVID-19 boosters for healthy Americans under 65.
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FDA panel debates COVID vaccine recipe as questions swirl about fall shots
Government advisers are meeting Thursday to decide if COVID-19 vaccines need updating to improve protection this fall and ...
FDA Changes May Limit COVID Vaccine Access—Drawing Some Criticism. Here’s What We Know
The change marks a shift in the Food and Drug Administration’s policy on approving COVID-19 vaccines, which the new ...
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The FDA plans to limit access to covid vaccines. Here’s why that’s not all bad.
At the moment, a lot of people in the US opt to get a covid vaccination around the time they get their annual flu jab. Each ...
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FDA’s New Risk-Based Approach to COVID-19 Vaccines Aims to Ease ‘Public Distrust’: Makary, Prasad
The new framework was well-received by biopharma analysts, who say it “largely formalizes” current COVID-19 vaccination ...
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The FDA is circumventing key roles and procedures for licensure and use of Covid vaccines
The FDA’s recent activities regarding Covid-19 vaccines stray far from the well-established standards of vaccine regulatory ...
FDA plans to limit COVID shot eligibility
Presented by The Coalition to Strengthen America’s Healthcare — The Trump administration on Tuesday said it plans to limit ...
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FDA lays out stricter COVID vaccine policy in pivot from 'one-size-fits-all' approach
The FDA is tightening its regulatory policy around COVID vaccines with a new framework that raises the bar for certain ...
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FDA Grants Narrow Approval of Novavax’s COVID Shot as Makary Teases Changes to Vaccine Approval Framework
The restrictions on Novavax's vaccine could portend changes at the FDA. Commissioner Marty Makary suggested last week that ...