Califf, Biden’s pick to lead FDA, has millions invested in pharma and tech companies

23 November 2021 - Robert Califf, President Biden’s choice to lead the FDA, earned $2.7 million as an executive at ...

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FDA nomination slips after Biden admin fails to send papers to Congress

23 November 2021 - The delay means that Califf is now unlikely to get a confirmation hearing until mid-December at the ...

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New FDA chief will face COVID woes and calls for drug approval reform

12 November 2021 - After long delay, US President Joe Biden picks Robert Califf to once again head the US FDA. ...

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Califf has lots of unfinished FDA business

15 November 2021 - Robert Califf, whom President Biden picked to lead the US. FDA, does not have much to show ...

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Biden nominates Califf as FDA chief

12 November 2021 - President Joe Biden on Friday nominated former Commissioner Robert Califf to lead the FDA, in a ...

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Strengthening the FDA’s enforcement of ClinicalTrials.gov reporting requirements

12 November 2021 - On 28 April 2021, the US FDA announced that it “issued its first Notice of Non-compliance to ...

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Health tech questions await next FDA chief

10 November 2021 - Twenty months into the pandemic, the FDA remains consumed with vital decisions on coronavirus vaccines and treatments.  ...

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FDA’s Woodcock says agency has resumed normal review pace for biosimilars, generics

9 November 2021 - Janet Woodcock, MD, acting commissioner of the FDA, delivered an upbeat report on biosimilars and generics progress ...

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Why does the FDA want to stop improving medicines via patent ‘areas of concern’?

8 November 2021 - It’s hardly unprecedented for one federal agency to encroach on another’s turf. But the latest intra-executive-branch ...

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I’ve worked with Robert Califf. He is the leader the FDA needs.

2 November 2021 - If the cascade of news reports are true, President Biden is finally about to name his choice ...

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FDA collaborates with Health Canada and UK’s MHRA to foster good machine learning practice

27 October 2021 - Today, the U.S. FDA, Health Canada and the United Kingdom’s MHRA jointly issued the “Good Machine Learning ...

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FDA, NIH and 15 private organisations join forces to increase effective gene therapies for rare diseases

27 October 2021 - The U.S. FDA, the National Institutes of Health, 10 pharmaceutical companies and five non-profit organisations have partnered ...

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Democratic senators raise concerns with potential FDA pick

26 October 2021 - Sens. Joe Manchin and Richard Blumenthal have concerns with President Biden’s rumoured nominee for the FDA, ...

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Eyenovia announces reclassification of MydCombi as drug device combination product by FDA

25 October 2021 - Company received complete response letter with additional requests and is preparing necessary documents for expedited resubmission, ...

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Biden speaks with potential FDA commissioner

25 October 2021 - President Joe Biden recently held a call with Dr. Rob Califf, the former FDA commissioner, who ...

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