The FDA is back in busi­ness; Al­lo­gene giv­en the green sig­nal to test lym­phoma drug in hu­mans

→ FDA com­mish Scott Got­tlieb was spread­ing the love Mon­day morn­ing, wel­com­ing back FDA staff and look­ing to get the world’s fastest drug reg­u­la­to­ry agency back up to full swing AS­AP. Of course, it could all come crash­ing to a halt again Feb­ru­ary 15, un­less law­mak­ers ei­ther out­law gov­ern­ment shut­downs or come to a com­pro­mise of sorts. In the mean­time, the FDA is open for busi­ness.

I look for­ward to be­ing out­side Build­ing 1 to­day to greet ALL my col­leagues as we re­turn to our posts TO­GETH­ER. I know there will be ad­di­tion­al chal­lenges ahead as we catch up on missed work and dead­lines. I’ll sup­port you in all of these ef­forts as we forge ahead as ONE #FDA pic.twit­ter.com/0zJSm­NXU9o

— Scott Got­tlieb, M.D. (@SGot­tliebF­DA) Jan­u­ary 28, 2019

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