Chief Healthcare Executive April 2, 2025
Robert Califf, who led the Food & Drug Administration under former President Biden, said most leaders with knowledge of safety are gone.
The layoffs of more than 3,000 employees at the Food & Drug Administration began Tuesday morning, and the FDA’s former leader said that the agency would never be the same.
Former FDA Commissioner Robert Califf, who served under former President Biden, said Tuesday morning that the cuts of so many key people will be seen as a “huge mistake.” Califf, who stepped down after the election, said in a post on LinkedIn that he was “overwhelmed with messages about the firings.”
“The FDA as we’ve known it is finished, with most of the leaders with institutional knowledge and...