Entity: HHS - Food and Drug Administration

HHS Records of High-Ranking FDA Officials’ Text Messages Related to Coronavirus

February 28, 2022
Records from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services in response to American Oversight's request for text messages of high-ranking officials at the Food and Drug Administration regarding the coronavirus pandemic.

FOIA to FDA for Communications Sent Between FDA Officials and External Entities Regarding Aduhelm

February 2, 2022
FOIA request to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration seeking communications sent by senior FDA officials to external entities regarding Aduhelm (aducanumab), an Alzheimer's drug produced by Biogen.

FOIA to FDA for Communications Sent by FDA Drugs Advisory Committee Regarding Aduhelm

February 2, 2022
FOIA request to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration seeking communications sent by Peripheral and Central Nervous System Drugs Advisory Committee members regarding Aduhelm (aducanumab), an Alzheimer's drug produced by Biogen.

FOIA to FDA for Analyses or Assessments Used by FDA During Deliberations Over Aduhelm

February 2, 2022
FOIA request to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration seeking any final analyses or assessments used by FDA during deliberations over the approval of Aduhelm (aducanumab), an Alzheimer's drug produced by Biogen.

FOIA to HHS for Sent Communications of Retiring FDA Covid-19 Vaccine Officials

December 2, 2021
FOIA to the Food and Drug Administration for retiring Covid-19 vaccine officials' sent communications during the last several weeks of their employment.

FDA Communications with White House Officials Involved in Federal Covid-19 Response

July 7, 2021
Records released by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration in response to American Oversight’s request for all email communications between agency and White House officials involved in the federal government’s response to the coronavirus outbreak. These records include communications and calendar entries reflecting contact between FDA and White House officials from March to April 2020.

FDA Communications with Pfizer About Potential Covid-19 Vaccine

June 15, 2021
Records from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services in response to American Oversight's request for Food and Drug Administration communications with Pfizer about a potential Covid-19 vaccine.

New Records Include Private Executives’ Emails with Hahn, Kushner

May 27, 2021
American Oversight has obtained new emails from 2020 in which Trump officials fielded requests from private-sector representatives, in some cases requesting assistance from top public health officials.

Records Show Frustration at FDA as Agency Prepared to Authorize Convalescent Plasma Treatment

May 26, 2021
American Oversight has obtained records from the summer of 2020 in which FDA officials expressed frustration with scientists at the NIH days before the planned authorization of convalescent plasma as a Covid-19 treatment, a decision heavily promoted by Trump.

Seeking Records from Seema Verma’s Lost Cell Phone

May 25, 2021
The top Trump official at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services says she lost her phone in the final days of the administration. American Oversight is seeking to ensure government records don’t disappear with it.