US FDA Principal Deputy Commissioner Namandjé Bumpus recently attended a biotech-themed roundtable with the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence and national security officials as Congress’ pulls the FDA into its worries about Chinese influence of the pharma industry.

But that clock is already ticking as the House Oversight and Accountability Committee prepares to mark-up the bill and a likely reconciliation effort with the Senate looming.

The proposed US BIOSECURE Act is heading to a full committee vote amid heightening tensions, underscored by new US Congressional Oversight Committee letters to the FDA asking it to examine national security threats posed by Chinese 'biotechs of concern.'

Newly announced US FDA advisory committee meetings on Lilly’s Alzheimer’s antibody, Lykos’ pioneering psychedelic therapy for PTSD relieve drought in non-oncology AdComms as the 2024-‘25 COVID vaccine strain selection meeting is postponed.