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STAT+: Pharmalittle: We’re reading about former FDA head calling DOGE a ‘disaster,’ an AstraZeneca AI deal, and more

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Three former FDA chiefs lit into the Trump administration, criticizing the now former FDA officials who oversaw a massive staff exodus

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    Former FDA officials blast DOGE as ‘one of the biggest disasters in American history’ (opens STAT)

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    Three former FDA chiefs criticized the DOGE cuts to the agency, saying they robbed the FDA of institutional knowledge that will take years to restore.

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    STAT+: Pharmalittle: We’re reading about former FDA head calling DOGE a ‘disaster,’ an AstraZeneca AI deal, and more (opens STAT)

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    Three former FDA chiefs lit into the Trump administration, criticizing the now former FDA officials who oversaw a massive staff exodus