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

“Every panel within FDA, all the career panels, the career scientists who looked at that drug said it was not effective,” he said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 21, 2026

It was overruled by FDA biologics chief Vinay Prasad.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 21, 2026

By banding together, she says, they hoped their voices “would be heard at the FDA, which in fact, obviously they were not.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 21, 2026

Furthermore, analysts believe “the path to commercialization could be even faster now,” seeing as the FDA has been directed to issue priority review vouchers to drug programs with breakthrough therapy designations.

From Barron's • Apr. 20, 2026

I read today, though, that Miller Pharma- ceuticals is about to have its Anti-AIDS drug turned down by the FDA.

From Terminal Compromise: computer terrorism: when privacy and freedom are the victims: a novel by Schwartau, Winn