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

President Donald Trump signs a directive to accelerate FDA review of psychedelic drugs for serious mental illness.

From Barron's • Apr. 20, 2026

Glas chief executive Sean Greenbaum wrote a letter to FDA leaders earlier this month and copied Kennedy and others.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026

“It appears that, for reasons unclear, FDA political leadership has overruled the expert scientific conclusions of its own tobacco scientists,” said Glas attorney Stacy Ehrlich.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026

Overall, “we see this as a modest positive for long-term strategic optionality, with no near-term impact on estimates absent a subsequent FDA decision that actually adds substances to an allowable compounding pathway,” BofA analysts wrote.

From Barron's • Apr. 16, 2026

So far, public pressure has been mobilized against the FDA every time action was threatened and has not permitted this.

From How and When to Be Your Own Doctor by Solomon, Steve