FDA

American  

[ef-dee-ey] / ˈɛfˈdiˈeɪ /

noun

U.S. Government.

1. Food and Drug Administration: a division of the Department of Health and Human Services that protects the public against impure and unsafe foods, drugs, and cosmetics.

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FDA British  

abbreviation

1. Food and Drug Administration: a federal agency responsible for monitoring trading and safety standards in the food and drug industries

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Example Sentences

“We expected there would be more follow up,” said Steven Abrams, who is also a professor of pediatrics at the University of Texas at Austin and participated in the FDA panel.

From The Wall Street Journal

An aggressive FDA crackdown may finally rein in mass GLP-1 compounding, but history suggests this is only a bridge to a different kind of disruption.

From The Wall Street Journal

Past FDA commissioners carefully avoided interfering in individual drug approvals, instead letting the scientific reviewers have sway.

From The Wall Street Journal

Food and Drug Administration is cancelling development of a new flu vaccine from biotech giant Moderna, with one unnamed senior FDA official calling the clinical trial a “brazen failure.”

From Salon

Moderna said it would request a Type A meeting with the FDA to discuss the regulator’s decision, but Hoge said the company lacks visibility about the vaccine’s path to approval.

From The Wall Street Journal