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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Matthew Perrone

FDA to offer bonus payments to staffers who complete speedy drug reviews

FDA Review BHA - (Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All rights reserved)

The head of the Food and Drug Administration plans to start offering bonus payments to agency drug reviewers who complete their work ahead of schedule, the latest in a flurry of changes to longstanding norms and procedures.

FDA Commissioner Marty Makary described the effort as a pilot program during a staff presentation Thursday, saying the first quarterly bonus payments would start going out to employees around August. The Associated Press obtained slides and a recording of the presentation.

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