The Reagan-Udall Foundation is set to release a major new report Thursday (Oct. 5) that will suggest FDA combat health misinformation surrounding FDA-regulated products by rebuilding longstanding trust in the agency instead of reacting to issues case-by-case – a report requested by FDA Commissioner Robert Califf to help solve what he has said is major problem ensnarling the agency’s public health mission

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The Food and Drug Administration’s first Deputy Commissioner for Human Foods, Jim Jones, started his work yesterday and sent the below letter to colleagues.

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On Friday, the FDA and the Reagan-Udall Foundation for the FDA announced a public meeting on October 4 titled, “Mitigating Risks from Human Xylazine Exposure”. 

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The Reagan-Udall Foundation plans to release a commissioner-requested report on Oct. 5 — as long as the federal government doesn’t shut down — outlining how the FDA can more effectively combat misinformation, the group’s leader said this week.

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Research Director Carla Rodriguez Watson, PhD, MPH continues the RAISE conversation about race and ethnicity data in healthcare. 

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Host Niasha Fray welcomes Carla Rodriguez-Watson, PhD, MPH, FDA Foundation Director of Research to discuss improving the collection and curation of race and ethnicity data in health care. They discuss challenges and explore solutions.

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The second in a series of podcasts on improving clinical trial access to diverse populations. The September 15 episode features FDA Foundation Research Director Carla Rodriguez-Watson, PhD, MPH as she, and others, discuss potential solutions.

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The Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) Center for Veterinary Medicine (CVM) is seeking public comment on a report outlining a potential framework for establishing a public-private partnership (PPP) to collect and analyze antimicrobial use (AMU) data from food-producing animals.

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In a sizable step toward reorganizing the Human Foods Program (HFP or Program) to rehaul the US Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA’s) current food infrastructure to better coordinate the agency’s regulation of food products, FDA announced the selection of James Jones, a former Environmental Protection Agency official, to serve as the first Deputy Commissioner for HFP.