The head of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) says a shuttered Michigan facility that produces baby formula could be up and running again in two weeks, although Abbott Laboratories says it could take up to 10 weeks before formula products reach shelves amid a nationwide shortage.
“We now have a path forward,” FDA Commissioner Robert Califf, who was named to his position earlier this year, told NBC News on May 16. “Abbott is responsible for the timeline, but I’m very comfortable with what they said about two weeks. ... That’s entirely within the realm of possibility and I think quite likely.”
