FDA Watchers: HHS SUNSET Rule Is A Waste Of Agency Time, Resources

FDA-regulated industry, consumer advocacy groups and former FDA chiefs say a new HHS rule that requires health agency regulations be assessed every 10 years or be automatically scrapped is a waste of FDA resources. Sources expect the rule will either be amended or completely thrown out by the incoming Biden administration, with one saying there doesn’t seem to be any support for the rule inside the agency. Former FDA Commissioners Scott Gottlieb and Robert Califf blasted the final retrospective regulatory...