FDA Regains Rulemaking Authority in Reversal of Trump-Era Move (1)

The Food and Drug Administration once again has the authority to issue its own regulations under a notice issued Wednesday that reverses a Trump-era change.

Former Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar issued a memo in September 2020, requiring that all rules coming out of the department’s agencies and offices would need to be signed by the secretary.

The new notice, signed by HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra, “revokes the September 15 Memorandum as it applies to FDA and reinstates any delegations to FDA rescinded by the September 15 Memorandum.”

The move comes as the Biden administration is making a ...