Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Archives

A bicyclist rides past the US Capitol at dusk as the House meets to vote on a rules package for the 118th Congress, in Washington, DC, on January 9, 2023. (Photo by MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images).

Agencies must do a better job of sharing emerging tech regulatory challenges with Congress, watchdog report says

The Government Accountability Office said federal agencies should increase communication and documentation to further help Congress provide legislative oversight.

Jan 26, 2024 By Caroline Nihill

FDA Building 21 stands behind the sign at the campus’s main entrance and houses the Center for Drug Evaluation and Research. The FDA campus is located at 10903 New Hampshire Ave., Silver Spring, MD 20993. (FDA / Wikimedia Commons)

FDA finds early success with a new system to track its import evaluations

The mobile and web-based System for Entry Review and Import Operation has streamlined monitoring of food and drug imports, according to the agency.

Jul 25, 2023 By Madison Alder

Medicine used in standard oral therapy of type 2 diabetes

Food and Drug Administration seeks input on digital transformation plan

The agency is working to publish a new data and technology modernization strategic plan by Sept. 30.

Apr 25, 2023 By John Hewitt Jones

African American man pouring medications out of a bottle into his hand. (Image credit: Getty Images)

Oracle Cerner signs AI contract with FDA focused on improving medicines

The technology company will research how machine learning and natural language processing can fill gaps in medical data collection.

Apr 10, 2023 By Nihal Krishan

The David J. Sencer CDC Museum in Atlanta, Ga. (CDC photo)

CDC expands Palantir’s non-COVID disease surveillance contract again

Palantir continues to modernize the CDC's data infrastructure to perform genomic sequencing of disease variants and track them and their outcomes.

Apr 26, 2022 By Dave Nyczepir

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) headquarters in Silver Spring, Maryland. (REUTERS / Jason Reed)

FDA made improving diagnostic test data the focus of its pandemic response

The agency is a part of four interagency working groups and has launched three internal efforts to improve data quality.

Feb 23, 2022 By Dave Nyczepir

Agencies sharing AI use cases after December executive order

Components within the Department of Veterans Affairs are working together to create an AI use case catalog.

May 10, 2021 By Dave Nyczepir

FDA undertaking ‘unprecedented’ data infrastructure modernization during the pandemic

The agency hired a chief data officer and is forming a data team to develop the wireless infrastructure needed to capture information coming in from new technologies.

Mar 30, 2021 By Dave Nyczepir

Joe Biden — (Adam Schultz / Biden for President)

Biden’s COVID-19 strategy promises data-driven response, improved IT interoperability

Data support teams will help states and localities struggling to provide timely, reliable data on the virus' spread.

Jan 22, 2021 By Dave Nyczepir

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Palantir lands $44.4M FDA contract for data management and analytics platform

FDA is the latest health agency to expand its relationship with the Silicon Valley company.

Dec 9, 2020 By Dave Nyczepir