E&C Heads Scrutinize FDA’s Lab Oversight As Part Of COVID Investigation

The House Energy & Commerce Committee is investigating FDA’s efforts to monitor laboratory safety as part of the committee’s broader investigation into the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic, E&C Republican leaders told FDA chief Robert Califf in a letter sent Wednesday (May 24) . Concerns that a lab accident led to the pandemic have raised additional scrutiny about the safety and oversight of lab research, the Republicans say, and they want to know what progress FDA has made to develop...