by Steven Grossman | Jul 18, 2025 | Short Takes and Updates
A little under half of the FDA’s roughly $7 billion budget is funded by user fees. Tobacco user fees pay for the entire tobacco program, while medical product user fees pay for between 20% and 70% of most medical programs.Food programs are, effectively, “all taxpayer...
by Steven Grossman | Jul 8, 2025 | Short Takes and Updates
“The One Big Beautiful Bill Act” (aka OBBBA) was signed into law on July 4, 2025. The immediate and long-term consequences of this bill are the most important story to write about today. Other topics can wait. ———————Whether...
by Steven Grossman | Jun 30, 2025 | Short Takes and Updates
There is very little support among stakeholders and FDA employees for the 2025 version of the FDA.[1] Some of us are discouraged. Some of us are trying hard to find the good in agency proposals and actions. Regardless of where any of us stand, all of us need to be...
by Steven Grossman | Jun 24, 2025 | Short Takes and Updates
This article builds upon my May 22 column, entitled A Dangerous Idea: Two Drug Manufacturing Pathways, One Regulated, One Not.[1][2]—-Recently Novo Nordisk dropped out of its arrangement with Hims and Hers because the latter continued to sell compounded GLP-1...
by Steven Grossman | Jun 16, 2025 | Short Takes and Updates
As children, we are taught that “sticks and stones will break my bones, but words will never hurt me.” That may have helped children develop resilience against verbal bullying, but it totally discounted the power of words. As adults, we know better. Words...
by Steven Grossman | Jun 10, 2025 | Short Takes and Updates
Elon Musk thought cutting government programs was about deficit reduction. When the “One Big Beautiful Bill” reconciliation legislation passed the House with a $3 trillion price tag, he realized he had been misled and reacted accordingly. His falling out with the...
