According to, the Food and Drug Administration is restoring telecommunication for staff who review drugs, medical devices and tobacco. Reporting by Associated Press. According to an internal email obtained by the AP, the review staff and supervisors are now allowed to resume telecom at least two days a week.
The move has changed the Return to the Office’s decree by the Trump administration, which he used to resign from federal employees. Now, after a wave of resignations and a brutal period Holidays that target approximately 3, 3,500 staffThe purpose of the move to restore some telecoms appears to maintain the rest of the capabilities, among the fears that the agency’s review capabilities are at risk.
The 3,500 staff deduction is about 19 % of the loss of the agency’s workforce, and the staff told the AP that the lower level employees were “flowing” from the agency during the Trump administration’s actions. The entire offices responsible for FDA policies and regulations have been closed. According to the AP, most communications staff of the agency have been wiped out, as well as teams that support food inspectors and investigators.
The reviewer is staff with important features. Staff who review new potential drugs, medical devices and tobacco products largely provide funds through consumer fees. Almost HALF half of the FDA’s half -billion 7 billion budget comes from these fees, and 70 % of the FDA’s drug program is financed by them.