RFK’s FDA layoffs could slow safety communications, experts warn

MedTech Dive May 6, 2025
Elise Reuter

The mass cuts, which included communications staff, could slow public notices on medical device recalls and other safety alerts.

Mass staff cuts at the Food and Drug Administration could affect public notices about medical device recalls and other product safety issues, experts told MedTech Dive.

Many communications staff in the FDA’s Center for Devices and Radiological Health were cut in early April after the Department of Health and Human Services unveiled a plan to lay off about 10,000 employees.

Some employees affected by the layoffs were responsible for writing public notices on safety issues and certain high-risk medical device recalls. The communications staff would work with the Office of Product Evaluation and Quality and other experts to draft...

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