Tag: fda
Rick Scott to FDA: Current Standards for Lead, Toxins in Baby Food Fail to...
At the end of last week, U.S. Sen. Rick Scott, R-Fla., sent a letter to Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner Robert Califf sharing his concerns regarding what FDA has determined to be “acceptable”...
Ashley Moody Leads State AGs Urging DEA to Extend Telehealth Capabilities for Opioid Use...
Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody announced on Thursday that she is leading a bipartisan coalition of 45 attorneys general urging the extension of emergency rules to aid those suffering with opioid use disorder.
The attorneys...
Marco Rubio: Why Did Tampa Bay Rays Donate to Clinic Providing Unsafe ‘Gender-Transition’ Drugs...
The Tampa Bay Rays made a $20,000 donation to Metro Inclusive Health (MIH) in the Tampa region. According to reports, MIH provides services to individuals who identify as transgender, “such as Hormone Replacement Therapy...
Ron DeSantis, Ashley Moody Sue FDA Over Efforts to Import Drugs From Canada
This week, Gov. Ron DeSantis and state Attorney General Ashley Moody announced a lawsuit against the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), claiming it has delayed efforts to import drugs from Canada.
DeSantis insisted the...
Florida Delegation Splits on Party Lines on $400 Billion Minibus Package
This week, the U.S House passed a $400 billion “minibus" package on a party-line vote.
Funds for the U.S. Departments of Agriculture, Energy, Housing and Urban Development (HUD), Transportation (DOT) and Veterans Affairs (VA) and...
Gus Bilirakis Helps Shape Food and Drug Amendments
Last week, the U.S. House passed the Food and Drug Amendments which included several proposals from U.S. Rep. Gus Bilirakis, R-Fla.
Back in May, Bilirakis showcased his support for a proposal “to help further development...
Matt Schellenberg: Baby Food Supply Crisis Shows How Federal Bureaucracy Plagues Our Daily Lives
How the federal government solves problems is, no other way of putting it, problematic. Take the recent baby food supply shortage, for example.
First, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) bureaucracy shut down a baby...
Rick Scott Calls on FDA to Take Action on Baby Formula Shortage
This week, U.S. Sen. Rick Scott, R-Fla., sent a letter to Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Califf urging his agency to take immediate action to fix the supply crisis and get infant formula back...
Marco Rubio: Time for Federal Agencies to Cut Ties With McKinsey
U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., weighed in this week following reports that McKinsey & Company “repeatedly allowed employees who served pharmaceutical companies, including opioid makers, to also consult for the F.D.A., the drug industry’s...
Rick Scott Urges FDA to Do More to Tackle Opioid Crisis, Increase COVID Therapeutics
Last week, U.S. Sen. Rick Scott, R-Fla., sent a letter to U.S. Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Robert Califf outlining his priorities for the agency.
In his letter, Scott urged Califf to address the opioid...
Gus Bilirakis’ Bill to Have FDA Speed Up Approval of Therapies for Rare Diseases...
A year after he introduced the proposal, U.S. Rep. Gus Bilirakis, R-Fla., is seeing his bill to have the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) speed up its processes to approve therapies for rare...
Ron DeSantis Wants Biden Administration to Reverse Decision on Monoclonal Antibody Treatments
Gov. Ron DeSantis called on the Biden administration to reverse its decision to revoke emergency use authorization (EUA) for Regeneron and Eli Lilly monoclonal antibody treatments.
“This abrupt and unilateral action by the Biden administration...
