Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Marty Makary.BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty Images
By Lizzy Lawrence
April 28, 2026
FDA Reporter
Lizzy Lawrence
Monitoring trials in real time may help shorten the time interval between trial phases.
Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Marty Makary.BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty Images
By Lizzy Lawrence
April 28, 2026
FDA Reporter
Lizzy Lawrence

A new article in the Journal of the American Medical Association said the FDA will implement AI into multiple processes.

With a Trump-driven reduction of nearly 2,000 employees, agency officials view artificial intelligence as a way to speed drugs to…

Makary pointed to three bottlenecks: hospital contracting, ethical reviews and approvals and the Investigational New Drug…

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