Matthew Perrone

Associated Press

Today in Manufacturing Podcast

Today in Manufacturing Podcast

August 8, 2025

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HistoSonics Acquired for $2.25B, Will Seek New Uses for Tumor-Destroying Tech

August 7, 2025

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FDA Flags Problems with Two Boston Scientific Heart Devices Tied to Injuries, Deaths

August 7, 2025

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RFK Jr. Pulls $500 Million in Funding for Vaccine Development

August 6, 2025

Today in Manufacturing Podcast

Today in Manufacturing Podcast

Today in Manufacturing has a new podcast brought to you by the editors of Industrial Media. In each episode, we discuss the five biggest stories in manufacturing, and the implications they have on the industry moving forward.

August 8, 2025

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FDA Vaccine Chief Leaving Agency After Less Than 3 Months

In recent weeks Prasad became a target of conservative activists.

July 30, 2025

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Sarepta Will Resume Gene Therapy Shipments After FDA Review of Recent Patient Death

The company has been under scrutiny after two teenage boys died earlier this year.

July 29, 2025

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Sarepta Shares Slide as Drugmaker Bows to FDA Pressure to Pause Gene Therapy

It was already under FDA scrutiny after two teenage boys died earlier this year.

July 23, 2025

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FDA Names Former Pharmaceutical Executive to Oversee U.S. Drug Program

He founded and led several pharmaceutical companies, including Horizon Pharmaceuticals.

July 21, 2025

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Gene Therapy Maker Sarepta Tells FDA it Won't Halt Shipments Despite Patient Deaths

It said that its scientific review showed "no new or changed safety signals."

July 21, 2025

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FDA Requires Updated Warning About Rare Heart Risk with COVID Shots

The new warning lists the risk of myocarditis as 8 cases per 1 million people.

June 30, 2025

Food and Drug Administration (FDA) commissioner Marty Makary speaks during a news conference at the Hubert Humphrey Building Auditorium in Washington, April 22, 2025.

FDA to Offer Faster Drug Reviews to Companies Promoting 'National Priorities'

The broad criteria for receiving a voucher will give FDA officials unprecedented discretion.

June 17, 2025

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Second Patient Death Reported with Gene Therapy for Muscular Dystrophy

It occurred in a teenage boy who suffered a fatal case of acute liver injury.

June 17, 2025

Food and Drug Administration (FDA) commissioner Marty Makary speaks during a news conference on the FDA's intent to phase out the use of petroleum-based synthetic dyes in the nation's food supply at the Hubert Humphrey Building Auditorium in Washington, Tuesday, April 22, 2025.

FDA Panel Debates COVID Vaccine Recipe as Questions Swirl About Fall Shots

Thursday's meeting is the group's first since President Donald Trump took office.

May 22, 2025

A vial of Moderna COVID-19 vaccine rests on a table at an inoculation station in Jackson, Miss., on July 19, 2022.

New Trump Vaccine Policy Limits Access to COVID Shots

It's a stark break from the previous federal policy recommending an annual COVID shot.

May 21, 2025

Food and Drug Administration (FDA) commissioner Marty Makary speaks during a news conference on the FDA's intent to phase out the use of petroleum-based synthetic dyes in the nation's food supply at the Hubert Humphrey Building Auditorium in Washington, Tuesday, April 22, 2025.

RFK Jr. Pledged Not to Upend U.S. Vaccine System, But Big Changes Are Underway

The FDA will soon "unleash a massive framework" for how vaccines are tested and approved.

May 19, 2025

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FDA OKs First Blood Test That Can Help Diagnose Alzheimer's Disease

The new test identifies a sticky brain plaque, known as beta-amyloid.

May 19, 2025

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Critic of Drug Industry and COVID-19 Measures to Lead FDA Vaccine Program

Prasad is the latest in a series of medical contrarians and critics of COVID-19 measures to join the federal government.

May 6, 2025

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FDA to Rehire Fired Staffers Who Booked Inspection Trips

But other workers remain in limbo.

May 1, 2025