Trump Expands Bid To Slash Agencies, Biologics Firms Warn Cuts Would Devastate FDA

The White House on Thursday (Feb. 13) expanded its effort to reduce the federal workforce, directing agencies to fire so-called probationary employees hired over the past two years, coming as biologics advocates have been warning in an open letter that major staffing cuts at FDA would be devastating to the agency’s ability to review cutting-edge medical products. A group of stakeholders led by small biopharma companies recently signed onto an open letter to the Trump administration urging it to spare...