Improving the Safety and Effectiveness (2025 Lee E. Teitelbaum Utah Law Review Symposium)

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Originally aired September 26, 2025

Lee E. Teitelbaum Utah Law Review Symposium
Fireproofing the FDA: Power, Politics, and Public Health

Session 1:
Welcome
Daniel G. Aaron, University of Utah S.J. Quinney College of Law
Grant Boyden, Editor-in-Chief, Utah Law Review
Dean Elizabeth Kronk Warner, University of Utah S.J. Quinney College of Law

PANEL: Improving the Safety and Effectiveness of Medical Products
This panel discusses the law behind FDA’s regulatory standards for drugs and medical devices and identify gaps and opportunities for reform.

Shannon Brownlee, Journalist
Sara Gerke, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign College of Law
George Horvath, University of California College of the Law, San Francisco

Moderator: Jim Ruble, University of Utah College of Pharmacy

ABOUT THE EVENT:

This symposium will explore a revitalization of the FDA’s original missions—public health and consumer protection—by probing the intersection of politics, public health, and power at the organization. The FDA is currently facing political interference as well as cuts to its staff and budget that could compromise its ability to appropriately vet medical products. At the same time, FDA experts have observed that the agency needs significant reform to meet U.S. needs in the 21st century.

This convening will emphasize the “how”: the methods and approaches to strengthen medical product vetting while defending the FDA from interference. These goals bear some tension—and yet law and policy are well familiar with managing competing goals. Lessons for how the FDA can be “fireproofed,” drawing from FDA history, administrative law, political science, or other regulatory agencies, are encouraged. At the same time, changes to the way FDA operates may be needed to optimize the review of medical products on behalf of public health and innovation.

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