by Steven Grossman | Mar 29, 2025 | Short Takes and Updates
— A Tribute to Dr. Peter Marks — If things went really bad at FDA, who would still be there at the end—caring enough about the agency and public health to keep fighting? My answer would be Dr. Peter Marks. I know you would agree.Peter has been grace and...
by Steven Grossman | Mar 28, 2025 | Short Takes and Updates
Lots of media inquiries yesterday about the consequences of the HHS RIF announcement (Announcement, Fact Sheet). Here is what I told reporters: “The FDA’s portion of the reduction in force is 3,500 and that would be in addition to those who took buyouts...
by Steven Grossman | Mar 25, 2025 | Short Takes and Updates
—A Follow-Up to “What’s Happening to FDA Employees: An Analogy Can Help”— This past Friday’s column–“What’s Happening to FDA Employees: An Analogy Can Help” (here)—was one of my most widely-read articles[1]. While the analogy helped many readers, the most...
by Steven Grossman | Mar 21, 2025 | Short Takes and Updates
I was out-of-town for part of the week and was asked several times: what is happening to Federal workers, especially those at FDA? By way of an answer, I created this analogy: There is a bakery with ten employees. Because fresh baked goods will be...
by Steven Grossman | Mar 18, 2025 | Short Takes and Updates
Let us agree at the outset that food policy and regulation is too important to be ignored. After all, every American ingests food multiple times each day. Nothing else is such a ubiquitous part of our lives. So, I am fully committed to the value of a major...
by Steven Grossman | Mar 14, 2025 | Short Takes and Updates
If you have not signed up to receive the FDA Matters newsletter in your email box, go to the home page to sign up. 1. Zero-Based Defense (ZBD) of Critical Government Programs In the March 12 FDA Matters blog (here) I observed that incoming leaders during a...
