Even skeptics about the responsiveness of an organization as large as the FDA have had to admit that the agency’s first chief health informatics officer, Taha Kass-Hout, has shaken things up with the ...

As part of the Obama administration's effort to make public information more accessible, the FDA launched openFDA on June 2, 2014. This new database makes nearly 4 million pharmaceutical adverse event ...

The FDA has come good on its promise to make its stash of medical device data available publicly. The move means app developers can now access data on device classifications, registrations, recalls ...

Washington, D.C. — On Monday U.S. Chief Technology Officer Todd Park announced the launch of openFDA, a beta open data portal for the FDA that will provide millions of data records to the public. Park ...