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FDA Takes Action to Address Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)

FDA issues Emergency Use Authorization for first COVID-19 vaccine.

FDA Covid-19 Response

FDA is working with U.S. Government partners, including CDC, and international partners to address the pandemic.

Products We Regulate

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New Era for Smarter Food Safety

New Era of Smarter Food Safety

A new approach to food safety that recognizes and builds on the progress made in the past but looks towards what processes and tools will be needed for the future.
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Fostering Drug Competition

Increasing the availability of generic drugs helps to create competition in the marketplace, helping make treatment more affordable and increasing access to healthcare for more patients.
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Combating the Opioid Crisis

FDA takes actions to combat prescription opioid abuse.

Recent Press Announcements

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Recalls, Market Withdrawals, & Safety Alerts

The FDA provides information gathered from press releases and other public notices about certain recalls of FDA-regulated products. Not all recalls have press releases or are posted on this website

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FDA VOICES: PERSPECTIVES FROM FDA EXPERTS

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Project Orbis: Strengthening International Collaboration for Oncology Product Reviews, Faster Patient Access to Innovative Therapies

Project Orbis has demonstrated that global regulatory collaboration is attainable and can deliver faster access to new therapies for patients with cancer.
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Left to right: the first FDA-approved AIDS drug Retrovir (Zidovudine), the AIDS quilt being assembled on the National Mall in 1987, and an assortment of AIDS drugs approved under the President's Emergency Plan For AIDS Relief (PEPFAR).

World AIDS Day 2020: FDA Continues to Drive Advances in Care and Work with the Global Public Health Community

Each year countless organizations and individuals around the world observe World AIDS Day – December 1 – to bring attention to the HIV epidemic.
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Why the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement is Important to FDA

How the many provisions in the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement affect FDA, advance public health and FDA’s regulatory approaches.

Recently Published Guidances

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