Lizzy Lawrence

Washington, D.C., United States

FDA Reporter at STAT

Reporter covering the Food and Drug Administration for @statnews. Signal is lizzylaw.53, 🦋 is https://t.co/tKaJmrKTOV

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Former FDA head Robert Califf says RFK Jr.’s vaccine rhetoric is ‘doing harm’ to Americans

14 hours ago | statnews.com | Lizzy Lawrence

SAN FRANCISCO — Former Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Robert Califf said Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s hesitance to endorse vaccines is harming the American public. “Fundamental vaccination saves millions of lives every year already, and he’s busy eroding public confidence in it,” Califf said at STAT’s Breakthrough Summit East conference on Wednesday.
New CBER Director Vinay Prasad praises evidence, FDA reviewers in first speech to staff

1 week ago | statnews.com | Lizzy Lawrence

WASHINGTON — In his first address to FDA staff on Wednesday, Vinay Prasad emphasized his commitment to evidence, his admiration for agency employees, and his desire to serve the American public. The new director of the Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research sounded very different from his online firebrand persona.
Vinay Prasad tapped to run FDA center that regulates vaccines, gene therapies

1 week ago | statnews.com | Lizzy Lawrence |Matthew Herper |Jason Mast

WASHINGTON — Vinay Prasad will be the next director of the Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research at the Food and Drug Administration, overseeing the regulation of vaccines, gene therapies, and the blood supply. Prasad, previously an epidemiology professor at the University of California at San Francisco, has sharply criticized the medical mainstream, including the FDA, in the past.
How vaccine criticism is seeping into official policy at the FDA

2 weeks ago | statnews.com | Lizzy Lawrence

WASHINGTON — When Marty Makary was tapped to lead the Food and Drug Administration, public health experts hoped the Johns Hopkins physician would shield the agency from the vaccine criticism of his boss, health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.So far, that hasn’t been the case. Instead, Makary seems just as willing to use his power and position to more harshly scrutinize vaccines and to shift vaccination policy.
Food companies agree to phase out synthetic dyes, handing MAHA a victory

3 weeks ago | statnews.com | Sarah Todd |Lizzy Lawrence

Food manufacturers will phase out eight synthetic dyes from all U.S. products by the end of 2026, the federal government announced today in a move that reflects the growing reach of the Make America Healthy Again movement.
FDA Commissioner Marty Makary announces three new hires in leadership team

3 weeks ago | statnews.com | Lizzy Lawrence |Brittany Trang

WASHINGTON — The commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration welcomed three new leaders to the agency this week, including a new deputy commissioner, according to an email to staff on Monday. The new arrivals were Lowell Zeta as deputy commissioner for strategic initiatives; Timothy Schell as acting director for the Center for Veterinary Medicine; and Craig Taylor as the acting chief information officer.
Device maker that helped UnitedHealth collect billions offers to settle fraud claims with DOJ

4 weeks ago | statnews.com | Lizzy Lawrence

Semler Scientific has offered to pay the Department of Justice nearly $30 million to settle federal health care fraud claims related to its peripheral artery disease test, QuantaFlo — a product used by UnitedHealth Group and other large insurers. Semler revealed the preliminary agreement in an SEC filing Tuesday, but noted the government could still reject the offer.
RFK Jr. speech to FDA workers on MAHA agenda, chronic diseases

1 month ago | statnews.com | Lizzy Lawrence |Matthew Herper

WASHINGTON — Robert F. Kennedy Jr. covered a lot of ground in a speech to Food and Drug Administration employees on Friday morning, as he attempted to rally them to his Make America Healthy Again agenda. He jumped between an anecdote about watching peregrine falcons fly down Pennsylvania Avenue as a kid to asserting that regulatory agencies have become captured by the industries they’re charged with overseeing.
How job cuts at the FDA are set to slow down crucial drug reviews

1 month ago | statnews.com | Lizzy Lawrence |Elaine Chen |Matthew Herper

WASHINGTON — The workers who review drugs and devices and inspect manufacturing plans were protected when the Trump administration fired thousands of Food and Drug Administration employees. The idea was to preserve some of the FDA’s most important functions. But drug reviews are likely to be affected, anyway, more than a dozen current and recently departed FDA employees told STAT. The people requested anonymity to protect against retaliation from the administration.
Republicans are proud of creating Medicare Advantage. Now some are urging reform amid runaway costs

1 month ago | statnews.com | Casey Ross |Tara Bannow |Bob Herman |Lizzy Lawrence

Republicans in Congress, long an unwavering source of support for privatized Medicare plans, are increasingly calling for reforms amid widespread evidence that health insurers are abusing the system to collect billions of dollars in unwarranted payments.

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