FDA, medical device and Presidency of Donald Trump

FDA moves to rehire medical device, food safety and other staffers fired days earlier
Barely a week after mass firings at the Food and Drug Administration, some probationary staffers received unexpected news over the weekend: The government wants them back. Beginning Friday night, FDA employees overseeing medical devices,
FDA brings back some fired device office staff
An industry source said “most, if not all” of the people at CDRH who were recently dismissed are now being asked to return.
Trump administration rehires some FDA employees it fired
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration has started quietly rehiring some of the Food and Drug Administration employees it fired last week, according to nine agency sources, shortly after letting them go in a process that insiders described as abrupt and haphazard.
Medical Device Industry Protests Firings of FDA Workers
The group that represents medical device makers in Washington is coming out against the Trump administration’s firings of employees who regulate the industry.
Trump administration cuts FDA workers in food safety, medical device review
The Trump administration’s effort to slash the size of the federal workforce reached the Food and Drug Administration.
F.D.A. Reinstates Fired Medical Device, Food and Legal Staffers
The agency changed course just days after firing employees who oversee the safety of food and life-sustaining medical devices. Dozens of workers said they and others were back at work Monday.
FDA rehires medical device staffers fired only days earlier
Like other agencies, the FDA terminations went to employees in their probationary period, typically the first two years of federal employment. But that approach resulted in the te
US FDA approves Medtronic's medical device for Parkinson's disease
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved Medtronic's deep brain stimulation system for use in patients with ...
US FDA asks fired scientists to return, including some reviewing Musk’s Neuralink
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is asking some of its recently fired scientists if they will come back to their jobs, ...
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Health AI: How recent FDA layoffs could shift regulatory burden to health systems
Tech adoption might slow down if the FDA layoffs shift responsibility for medical device and AI safety to hospitals.
FDA staff were reviewing Elon Musk’s brain implant company. DOGE just fired them.
The cuts included about 20 people in the FDA’s office of neurological and physical medicine devices, several of whom worked ...
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Device industry scrambles as FDA job cuts cause delays
The cuts at the FDA’s device center could add “months, if not years” to the time it takes to bring products to market, an ...
FDA and USDA among federal agencies aiming to rehire workers hit by mass firings
A number of agencies are looking to rehire federal workers who lost their jobs as part of the Trump administration's mission ...
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In FDA job cuts, experts see threat of far-reaching impact
"Any place that gets cut, it's going to have an impact, because there's not any spare personnel at FDA,” said former agency ...
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Understanding FDA’s complaint reporting systems
If you have a complaint about a product regulated by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the agency wants to hear ...