BioCentury
ARTICLE | Politics, Policy & Law

Trump administration uses last days to undermine public health agencies

FDA officials, industry say proposed rules by administration would add complexity, slow drug reviews and politicize FDA, CDC and other agencies

December 5, 2020 3:57 AM UTC

Senior Trump administration officials are spending their last weeks in office throwing sand into the gears of government, gumming up the operation of public health agencies and dismantling protections against political interference in the actions of civil servants throughout government. 

Three sets of eleventh hour attacks on the institutions of government are of high importance to the life sciences ecosystem. ...