FDA No Longer Updating Drug Safety Databases

Axios reports:

Food and Drug Administration databases that physicians and public health experts rely on for key drug safety and manufacturing information have been neglected due to DOGE-directed layoffs, leaving health professionals flying blind on basic questions about certain drugs they’re prescribing, current and former FDA officials tell Axios.

Information gaps that have become a hallmark of the workforce reductions and the sweeping reorganization of federal health agencies under Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. are putting patient safety at risk, according to agency employees.

“It’s really a nightmare,” said a current FDA official who requested anonymity because they were not authorized to speak to the press. “Things that used to function are no longer functioning.” Most entries into this database since the sweeping April 1 job cuts are missing labeling information, which tells doctors what the drug is approved for, what it shouldn’t be used for, dosing instructions and side effects.

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