Weeks after the request Food and Drug Administration Employees return to the office, which reflects the path, allowing some of its most valuable employees to work remotely amid fears that modern layoffs and resignation can endanger the basic functions, such as approval of new drugs.

An internal email obtained by Associated Press states that the FDA Command “allows audit and supervisors to resume remote work” at least a week. Policy has been confirmed by three FDA employees who spoke to AP, provided that his identity is not disclosed to discuss the internal agency issues.

The message was sent on Tuesday to some hundreds of drug references in the Food and Drug Administration. The employees said that a similar policy has been connected to the auditors who deal with vaccines, medicines, biotechnology and medical devices, although it is not necessarily writing.

It is the latest example of the Trump administration’s chaotic approachFederal health workforce reformWhich includedfireDifficultyReturn some of the employeesAnd thenAdditional layoffs last weekOf the about 3400 employees, or more than 15 % of the agency’s workforce.

Last week, the discounts included full offices focusing on FDA policy and regulations, most of the telecommunications and teams of the agency that support food inspectors and investigators. Senior officials honorTobaccoNew medicines,VaccinesOther products have also been rejected or forced to resign. The lower level employees described them as “pouring” outside the agency.

Dr. David Kisler, the former FDA Commissioner, described the “destroyed discounts”, random, chaos and chaos “during a house session on Wednesday.

whenHealth Minister Robert F. Kennedy Junior.He announced plans to remove 10,000 employees throughout the Federal Health Manpower, and indicated that medical auditors and safety inspectors in the FDA will not be affected. HHS did not immediately respond to a request for comment on Wednesday evening.

In February, HHS was forced to remember some of the disconnected test staff, including hundreds of medical auditors in the FDA, who are largely funded by industry fees, not in federal dollars.

But the discounts last week, along with resignation and retirement, sparked a new threat: FDA financing (FDA) may significantly decrease to the extent that it shortens a long -term system that helps companies to finance many agency’s operations.

Nearly half of the $ 7 billion FDA budget comes from the fees collected from drugs, devices and tobacco companies. The agency uses funds to employ thousands of employees to review new products quickly and efficiently. For example, about 70 % of the drug and drug management program is funded through user follow -up agreements, which must be re -delegated by Congress every five years.

However, the agreements state that if federal funding in food and drug management decreases from the specified levels, companies will not be required to pay, and in some cases, they can review their money. The threshold requirements are designed to ensure that Congress continues to fund FDA, rather than rely entirely on the private sector.

FDA and industry groups later this year will start to renew many user follow -up agreements, including those related to medicines and devices.

Michael Gaba, a lawyer who advises the companies organized by the FDA.

Whatever the reason behind the remote shift, former Federal officials say it is a recently confirmed signFDA CommissionerMarty Makary tries to keep and rebuild agency staff. Makary appeared his first appearance at the FDA headquarters (FDA) last Wednesday, one day after collective workers’ demobilization. According to the AP memo, Makary signed a return to remote work for some employees.

“Dr. Macari needs to rebuild the teams and restart the lost productivity engine to weeks of job insecurity, uncertainty and lack of team members,” said Stephen Grossman, a former HHS official. “The transformation of the time of movement to work time is a great first step in achieving both.”

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