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The Reagan-Udall Foundation asserts in a new report that the current post-market evidence generation system is expensive and time-consuming, with an urgent need for substantial changes. Read more

As the FDA seeks to bring a greater focus to improving post-market evidence generation, a new report from the Reagan-Udall Foundation offers some potential solutions to the system it says is too costly and complicated. Read more

The notorious contamination of infant formula over the winter of 2021-22 was a scandal not only for Abbot Nutrition, the product’s manufacturer, but for the federal Food and Drug Administration (FDA), which dawdled for five months before taking action…

On November 13, 2023, the Alliance for a Stronger FDA hosted a webinar with James "Jim" Jones, the recently appointed Deputy Commissioner for Human Foods at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), during which he discussed his priorities, plans,…

The nonprofit Reagan-Udall Foundation that advises the FDA is recommending the agency lead an inter-agency and industry task force to streamline and strengthen post-approval studies of drugs and devices. Read more

An Alliance for a Stronger FDA webinar on  Monday, Nov. 13, will feature  Jim Jones,  FDA Deputy Commissioner for Human Foods. Alison Bodor of the American Frozen Foods Institute, and Thomas Gremillion of the Consumer Federation of America, will…

When bacteria develop resistance to front-line antibiotics, health care professionals lose their ability to treat deadly infections, leading to more than 35,000 deaths annually in the U.S. and more than 1.2 million worldwide. Read more

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s Center for Tobacco Products (CTP) has made significant progress in addressing the recommendations made by an expert panel facilitated by the Reagan-Udall Foundation, CTP Director Brian King said in a recent update…

A broad and odd collection of groups today announced the launch of the FDA Foods Coalition, meant to support and lobby the food safety agency as it develops its planned Human Foods Program. Read more

FDA Commissioner Robert Califf, MD, recently said the need to address misinformation is “probably the most difficult issue in my career.” Delivering accurate, understandable, and timely health information to the public, as well as to experts trusted by…