Food and Drug Administration
Food and Drug Administration is named in 34 events across the Capture Cascade Timeline, from 1962 to 2026.
Food and Drug Administration on the timeline
34 events · 1962–2026 · click any marker
| Date | Event | Lanes | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-18 | FDA Commissioner Makary and Deputy Prasad Announce End of Two-Trial Drug Approval Standard in NEJM — Most Significant FDA Safety Change Since 1962
7 src Food and Drug Administration · Marty Makary · Vinay Prasad · Donald Trump | confirmed | |
| 2025-12-02 | FDA Cancer Drug Chief Dr. Richard Pazdur Resigns After Three Weeks Under Political Pressure
5 src Marty Makary · Robert F. Kennedy Jr. · Food and Drug Administration · U.S. Department of Health and Human Services · +2 | reported | |
| 2025-04-01 | HHS Lays Off 10,000 Federal Health Workers at NIH, FDA, and CDC in RFK Jr. Restructuring
5 src U.S. Department of Health and Human Services · Robert F. Kennedy Jr. · National Institutes of Health (NIH) · Food and Drug Administration · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2025-01-15 | Patrizia Cavazzoni's FDA to Pfizer Move Epitomizes Regulatory Capture
3 src Food and Drug Administration · Pfizer · Robert F. Kennedy Jr. | confirmed | |
| 2025-01-06 | First U.S. H5N1 Bird Flu Death Reported in Louisiana Patient
3 src Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · Food and Drug Administration | confirmed | |
| 2024-12-13 | McKinsey Agrees to $650 Million Criminal Settlement for Role in 'Turbocharging' Opioid Sales for Purdue Pharma
3 src McKinsey & Company · U.S. Department of Justice · Purdue Pharma · Food and Drug Administration | confirmed | |
| 2024-12-06 | USDA Issues Federal Order Requiring Mandatory Raw Milk Testing for H5N1
3 src USDA · Food and Drug Administration · Centers for Disease Control and Prevention | confirmed | |
| 2024-09-20 | FDA Commissioner Califf's Pharmaceutical Industry Revolving Door Scrutinized
3 src Food and Drug Administration · Joe Manchin · Bernie Sanders | confirmed | |
| 2024-06-13 | SCOTUS: No standing in challenge to mifepristone changes (FDA v. AHM)
4 src Supreme Court of the United States · Food and Drug Administration | confirmed | |
| 2024-03-25 | H5N1 Bird Flu First Detected in U.S. Dairy Cattle in Texas
3 src USDA · Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · Food and Drug Administration | confirmed | |
| 2023-09-01 | FTC Issues Policy Statement on Orange Book Patent Gaming: Pharmaceutical Evergreening as Unfair Competition Under Section 5
4 src Federal Trade Commission · Food and Drug Administration · Mylan | confirmed | |
| 2023-01-01 | Cancer Drug Shortage Crisis Enables Gray Market Profiteering - Carboplatin Price Jumps from $50 to $500 Per Vial
4 src Big Pharma · Food and Drug Administration | confirmed | |
| 2022-11-18 | Elizabeth Holmes Sentenced to 11 Years in Prison for Theranos Fraud, Exposing Regulatory Failures
3 src Elizabeth Holmes · U.S. Department of Justice · Theranos · Food and Drug Administration · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2022-05-18 | Biden Invokes Defense Production Act for Baby Formula After Abbott Recall Exposes Dangerous Monopoly
3 src Joe Biden · Food and Drug Administration · U.S. Department of Defense | confirmed | |
| 2022-01-03 | Theranos Founder Elizabeth Holmes Convicted of Defrauding Investors in $9 Billion Fraud Scheme
3 src Elizabeth Holmes · Theranos · U.S. Department of Justice · Securities and Exchange Commission · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2021-10-01 | Former FDA Commissioner Stephen Hahn Joins Moderna Backer Flagship Pioneering
4 src Food and Drug Administration | confirmed | |
| 2021-09-01 | Joe Rogan Announces He Treated COVID with Unproven Ivermectin, Sparking Medical Misinformation Controversy
4 src Joe Rogan · Spotify · The Joe Rogan Experience · Food and Drug Administration | confirmed | |
| 2019-06-27 | Former FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb Joins Pfizer Board After 3-Month Gap
3 src Food and Drug Administration · Pfizer · Elizabeth Warren | confirmed | |
| 2018-10-16 | AbbVie Humira Patent Thicket Delays US Biosimilars Until 2023 Despite 2016 Patent Expiration and European Competition
4 src AbbVie · Mylan · Food and Drug Administration | confirmed | |
| 2016-06-12 | Walgreens Terminates Theranos Partnership After 31,000 Customers Receive Voided Test Results
3 src Walgreens · Theranos · Elizabeth Holmes · Food and Drug Administration · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2015-11-19 | Johns Hopkins Study Exposes Orphan Drug Act Gaming - Seven of Top 10 Drugs Exploiting Tax Breaks for Rare Diseases
4 src Food and Drug Administration · AbbVie · Johnson & Johnson · AstraZeneca · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2015-10-15 | Wall Street Journal Exposes Theranos Blood-Testing Fraud in Landmark Investigation
3 src Elizabeth Holmes · Theranos · Wall Street Journal · Walgreens · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2014-06-01 | FDA Statistician Joan Buenconsejo Joins AstraZeneca After Overseeing Company Drug Reviews
3 src Food and Drug Administration · AstraZeneca | confirmed | |
| 2012-09-01 | New England Compounding Center Fungal Meningitis Outbreak Kills 64, Sickens 798 - FDA and State Regulators Ignored Decade of Violations
4 src Food and Drug Administration · Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Congress | confirmed | |
| 2010-12-15 | FDA Arthritis Drug Reviewer Jeffrey Siegel Joins Genentech After Approving Company Tocilizumab
4 src Food and Drug Administration | confirmed | |
| 2010-04-05 | Purdue Reformulates OxyContin as "Abuse-Deterrent" After 14 Years, Drives Users to Heroin
3 src Purdue Pharma · Food and Drug Administration · Sackler Family | confirmed | |
| 2004-11-18 | FDA Whistleblower David Graham Testifies on Vioxx Cover-up Before Senate
4 src Food and Drug Administration · Merck · U.S. Senate Finance Committee | confirmed | |
| 2004-09-30 | Merck Withdraws Vioxx After Concealing Heart Attack Risk, FDA Failure Causes Estimated 28,000-55,000 Deaths
3 src Merck · Food and Drug Administration | confirmed | |
| 2000-01-01 | Opioid Epidemic Death Toll Reaches 500,000 Americans Between 2000-2020
3 src Purdue Pharma · Sackler Family · Food and Drug Administration · Drug Enforcement Administration · +1 | confirmed | |
| 1997-11-21 | FDA Modernization Act Accelerates Drug Approvals and Expands Direct-to-Consumer Advertising Under Pharma Pressure
3 src Bill Clinton · PhRMA · Food and Drug Administration | confirmed | |
| 1995-12-20 | FDA Approves OxyContin with Unsubstantiated Safety Claims
5 src Food and Drug Administration · Purdue Pharma · Sackler Family | confirmed | |
| 1995-12-12 | FDA Approval of OxyContin Reveals Systemic Regulatory Capture by Purdue Pharma
3 src Purdue Pharma · Food and Drug Administration · Department of Justice | confirmed | |
| 1992-10-29 | FDA Prescription Drug User Fee Act Creates Financial Dependence on Pharmaceutical Industry
3 src Food and Drug Administration · PhRMA · U.S. Congress | confirmed | |
| 1962-10-10 | Thalidomide Scandal Drives Kefauver-Harris Amendment Strengthening FDA Drug Safety Requirements
3 src Estes Kefauver · John F. Kennedy · Food and Drug Administration | confirmed |
Network neighbors
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
5× shared
Purdue Pharma
5× shared
Elizabeth Holmes
4× shared
Theranos
4× shared
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
3× shared
Sackler Family
3× shared
U.S. Congress
3× shared
U.S. Department of Justice
3× shared
AbbVie
2× shared
AstraZeneca
2× shared
Bernie Sanders
2× shared
Big Pharma
2× shared
Center for Drug Evaluation and Research
2× shared
David Graham
2× shared
Marty Makary
2× shared
Merck
2× shared
Mylan
2× shared
Pfizer
2× shared
PhRMA
2× shared
Roche
2× shared
Securities and Exchange Commission
2× shared
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
2× shared
USDA
2× shared
Vinay Prasad
2× shared
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