FDA Barriers to At-Home COVID Tests Finally Weakening
One of the essential tools in fighting the spread of the coronavirus has been fast cheap, and reliable testing. Several companies have proposed just such tests, and offered to get…
Gottlieb Says Still Time to Hit Reset on Disastrous Vaccine Rollout
Former FDA commission Dr. Scott Gottlieb says the current bureaucratized and bungling government effort to vaccinate Americans against the coronavirus is failing and needs an immediate reset to avoid bigger…
FDA Effort to Charge Distillers for Making Hand Sanitizer Blocked
The Food and Drug Administration’s bureaucratic push to collect thousands of dollars in fees from distilleries that shifted production from alcohol to hand sanitizer has been stopped in its tracks:…
The Nanny State Backs Off Frozen Cherry Pies
In a victory for American consumers, and a case study in bureaucratic nanny statism, the FDA has decided to relax is rules on what goes into a frozen cherry pie….
FDA Can – and Must — Pick Up the Pace on Vaccine Approval
The good news is the Food and Drug Administration is giving emergency use approval for two coronavirus vaccines. The bad news is the FDA could have approved the drugs much…
FDA Puts Hurdles in the Way of Rapid At-Home Testing
Nearly nine months into the coronavirus outbreak in the U.S. and the Food and Drug Administration has finally given approval for an at-home test that can provide users results in…
Bureaucracy Stands in the Way of Widespread Testing
A quick, cheap, and widely available test for the coronavirus has long been seen as a key way to combat the disease’s spread. Such tests could be deployed in sizable…
Distillers Offer a Key Economic Lesson to FDA Regulators
Article from For Liberty by Norm Leahy. Something good may yet come out of the massive economic disruption from the coronavirus pandemic — regulators suspending or modifying some rules to…
What Pandemic? FDA Still Waging War on Vaping
Article from For Liberty by Norm Leahy. One might think that during a global pandemic in which more than 50,000 Americans have died, The Food and Drug Administration would be…
Don’t Look for Congress to Hold the FDA accountable
Article from For Liberty by Norm Leahy. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has come under increased scrutiny into its processes and procedures for approving and guaranteeing the safety of…