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,

NY, Zyn and FDA

NY lawmaker introduces bill to ban Zyn, other flavored nicotine pouches after FDA's support of product
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Zyn Nicotine Pouch Products Get FDA Approval for Adults
NY legislator proposes ban on flavored nicotine pouches including Zyn, despite FDA backing
Frozen shakes served at nursing homes recalled after being linked to numerous deaths, hospitalizations: FDA
Frozen shakes sold to nursing homes recalled after 12 die of listeria
Listeria outbreak that killed 11 linked to supplement shakes used at nursing homes, hospitals

Mirum, FDA and Pharmaceuticals

US FDA approves Mirum Pharma's genetic disorder drug
FDA Approves Mirum Pharmaceuticals Treatment for Lipid-Storage Disease
The Food and Drug Administration approved Mirum Pharmaceuticals' Ctexli to treat Cerebrotendinous Xanthoma, a very rare lipid-storage disease. The approval makes Ctexli, or chenopod, the first FDA-approved drug to treat CTX,
FDA approves Mirum treatment for cerebrotendinous xanthomatosis
The Food and Drug Administration approved Ctexli for the treatment of cerebrotendinous xanthomatosis in adults. “Ctexli is the first
Ozempic and Wegovy are no longer in shortage, FDA says
Generic Wegovy, Ozempic compounds may become harder to get as FDA removes drug from shortage list
FDA says Ozempic shortage is over, chilling boom in off-brand versions
FDA delays when a final rule on what foods can be labeled as ‘healthy’ goes into effect
The US Food and Drug Administration’s new standards for foods to meet before they can be labeled as “healthy” on their packaging will go into effect about two months later than planned, according to a government document scheduled to be published in the Federal Register on Tuesday.

FDA Rehires Scientists

FDA Asks 300 Fired Scientists to Return
Exclusive-US FDA Asks Fired Scientists to Return, Including Some Reviewing Musk’s Neuralink
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FDA Rehires Scientists After Mass Firings, Including Neuralink Reviewers
Trump officials ask CDC, FDA to use gender notice on restored websites
The Trump administration had directed health agencies to place a notice condemning “gender ideology” on health webpages that had been earlier taken down.

Nuts Recall Update

Nuts Recall Update as FDA Sets Risk Level
The FDA Set This Recalled Pancake And Waffle Mix To Its Highest Risk Level. Here's What To Know.
Nut recall set at highest FDA level
A batch of recalled Wegmans nuts has been issued a Class II risk classification by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Newsweek reports United Natural Trading Inc. has issued a voluntary recall for Wegmans organic dry roasted salted almonds in January because they were labeled incorrectly as cashews on the back.
Ryoncil® FDA Approval and Market Launch Highlighted at Tandem Transplantation Meetings
Mesoblast Limited (Nasdaq:MESO; ASX:MSB), a global leader in allogeneic cellular medicines for inflammatory diseases, today announced that its recently approved product Ryoncil ® (remestemcel-L) is being highlighted at the 2025 Transplantation & Cellular Therapy Tandem Meetings of the American Society for Transplantation and Cellular Therapy (ASTCT) and the Center for Blood and Marrow Transplant Research (CIBMTR),
FDA’s plan to propose ban on formaldehyde in hair-straightening products remains in limbo under Trump administration
A plan for the US Food and Drug Administration to propose banning formaldehyde and certain formaldehyde-releasing chemicals from being used in hair-straightening products remains in limbo under President Donald Trump.
Lawyer Kyle Diamantas Will Become Top Food Regulator at FDA
Attorney Kyle Diamantas is expected to be announced as the new deputy commissioner for human foods at the US Food and Drug Administration following his predecessor’s resignation earlier this week, sources familiar with the decision said.