Pink Sheet Executive Editor Derrick Gingery, Senior Writer Sarah Karlin-Smith and Editor-in-Chief Nielsen Hobbs, as well as Medtech Insight Managing Editor Elizabeth Orr, discuss the US Food and Drug Administration’s decision to call back many workers that were laid off and the next steps for the Trump Administration’s effort to reduce the size of the federal government (:29), the FDA decision to cancel an upcoming Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee meeting on strain selection for the 2025-2026 flu vaccine (12:42), and the motives for Eli Lilly’s plan to increase domestic manufacturing (23:18). More On These Topics From The Pink Sheet Drug Reviewers And Legal Staff Among Those Called Back to US FDA, But Why?: https://insights.citeline.com/pink-sheet/agency-leadership/us-fda/drug-reviewers-and-legal-staff-among-those-called-back-to-us-fda-but-why-YWONQYDHARESFLLY26YEP6RIHI/ DOGE-ing US FDA: Three Scenarios For What Comes Next: https://insights.citeline.com/pink-sheet/agency-leadership/us-fda/doge-ing-us-fda-three-scenarios-for-what-comes-next-XUDLPX3WNNH55JCHOMTOS2NXBA/ Breaking: US FDA Cancels Upcoming Adcomm Discussing 2025-2026 Flu Vaccine: https://insights.citeline.com/pink-sheet/vaccines/breaking-us-fda-cancels-upcoming-adcomm-discussing-2025-2026-flu-vaccine-AGBZQHYGZFHZLOK2PU5CCKBNK4/ Lilly $27Bn US Manufacturing Investment Linked To Trump’s Tariff, Tax Agenda: https://insights.citeline.com/pink-sheet/compliance/manufacturing/lilly-27bn-us-manufacturing-investment-linked-to-trumps-tariff-tax-agenda-FN55MQ3V75EU5J42TIYTFLTH4Q/

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