Posted by Michael Wonder on 28 Nov 2016
Could the FDA be dismantled under Trump?
22 November 2016 - Has President-elect Donald Trump put a bull’s-eye on the FDA?
It’s been less than a year since Dr. Robert Califf was sworn in as the FDA’s chief, but already the agency is facing post-election upheaval. Public health advocates are bracing for a seismic shift: a surrender of the agency’s rules for off-label promotion of drugs; the importation of more drugs from other countries; and fewer requirements for clinical trials — long the gold standard for determining whether medicines are safe and effective.
