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DOGE fired FDA staff reviewing Neuralink.
Reuters reports that roughly 20 people in the FDA’s office of neurological and physical medicine devices were let go over the weekend. Including staffers overseeing clinical trial applications from Neuralink, Elon Musk’s company developing a brain-computer interface. The report states the firings also affect the FDA’s ability to ensure safe trials for other companies exploring the tech.
The FDA process can be tedious, but it’s vital to ensuring health tech advances adhere to ethical and safety standards. A pretty important thing when you’re trying to implant chips into a human brain.
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