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FDA Purge Included Workers Reviewing Elon Musk’s Neuralink Brain Implant Company

HeadlineFeb 18, 2025

In more news about Elon Musk, the Trump administration’s purge of federal workers has targeted staff at the Food and Drug Administration who were reviewing Elon Musk’s brain implant company Neuralink. According to Reuters, the Trump administration fired about 20 people in the FDA’s neurological and physical medicine devices division, which was overseeing clinical trial applications by Neuralink.

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