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FDA withdraws proposed rule for asbestos testing in talc-based cosmetics
It’s anyone’s guess whether the agency is preparing to strengthen or relax talc regulation

FDA has withdrawn a proposed rule that called for standardized testing for detecting and identifying asbestos in talc-containing cosmetic products.

December 12, 2025

Vol.51 No.45

By Claire Marie Porter

Cancer Policy

Former FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb speaks out against CDC vaccine panel

Scott Gottlieb, a former FDA commissioner, said a recent decision by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices’ to change its recommendation for when children should receive the hepatitis B vaccine is another sign of the ACIP’s diminished credibility as a scientific authority.

Pazdur leaves FDA after 25-year career that shaped the agency’s oncology regulations
BIO calls for the end of “constant turmoil,” urges the administration to “right the ship”

After three weeks of brutal combat, Richard Pazdur decided that he has had enough.

Vinay Prasad to CBER employees: “It is not wise for FDA to further pollute the scientific literature with papers we cannot defend”

Vinay Prasad, FDA’s chief medical and scientific officer and director of the agency’s Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, has instructed his staff to check with him before continuing to work on ongoing submissions to journals or beginning new contract-funded projects to “ensure that we are not engaging in sunk cost fallacy, not publishing obviously erroneous work, and not being distracted from our core mission.”

FDA releases draft guidance on reducing testing on non-human primates for monoclonal antibodies

FDA issued a draft guidance on Dec. 2, outlining specific product types for which the FDA believes six-month non-human primate toxicity testing can be eliminated or reduced.

Montefiore Einstein sees lowest rate of late-stage lung cancer diagnoses in surrounding community

For the first time in decades, more people in the Bronx nearby Montefiore Einstein Comprehensive Cancer Center are being diagnosed with stage 1, versus stage 4 lung cancer.

December 05, 2025

Vol.51 No.44

FDA approves first companion diagnostic for lung cancer drug

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FDA withdraws proposed rule for asbestos testing in talc-based cosmeticsIt’s anyone’s guess whether the agency is preparing to strengthen or relax talc regulation

Former FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb speaks out against CDC vaccine panel

Pazdur leaves FDA after 25-year career that shaped the agency’s oncology regulationsBIO calls for the end of “constant turmoil,” urges the administration to “right the ship”

Vinay Prasad to CBER employees: “It is not wise for FDA to further pollute the scientific literature with papers we cannot defend”

FDA releases draft guidance on reducing testing on non-human primates for monoclonal antibodies

Montefiore Einstein sees lowest rate of late-stage lung cancer diagnoses in surrounding community

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FDA withdraws proposed rule for asbestos testing in talc-based cosmetics
It’s anyone’s guess whether the agency is preparing to strengthen or relax talc regulation

Pazdur leaves FDA after 25-year career that shaped the agency’s oncology regulations
BIO calls for the end of “constant turmoil,” urges the administration to “right the ship”