FDA Staffed Up to Review AI and Food Safety. Those Hires Are Now Gone.
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FDA Staffed Up to Review AI and Food Safety. Those Hires Are Now Gone.

Teams evaluating high-tech surgical robots and insulin-delivery systems were gutted by Trump layoffs even though industry fees, not taxpayers, financed the employee salaries.
ExThera Claimed Its Device Could Cure Cancer. But Patients Died.
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ExThera Claimed Its Device Could Cure Cancer. But Patients Died.

Two U.S. companies teamed up to treat cancer patients using an unproven blood filter in Antigua, out of reach of American regulators.
From AI to Musk’s Brain Chip, the F.D.A.’s Device Unit Faces Rapid Change
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From AI to Musk’s Brain Chip, the F.D.A.’s Device Unit Faces Rapid Change

The new director overseeing medical devices will confront criticisms about hasty approvals as she ushers in revolutionary technology.