Shutdown Pauses New Drug Reviews, CDC Issues New COVID Guidance, CGT Meets on Mesa
The U.S. government is now in its second week of a shutdown—with the FDA having paused acceptance of all new drug applications for the duration. But it was business as usual at the CDC, which adopted the recent recommendations of its newly revamped advisory committee on chickenpox and COVID-19 vaccines. And another senior leader, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Director Jeanne Marrazzo, was fired last week, after filing a whistleblower report.
Across the country, cell and gene therapy leaders arrived in Phoenix for the annual Meeting on the Mesa, as the space remains in…
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