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FDA veteran Woodcock being considered to lead agency under Biden
14 January 2021 - Joshua Sharfstein, former Obama FDA official, also in running. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 04 Dec 2020
ICER opens nominations for new members of its voting panels
2 December 2020 - Independent panel members debate the evidence on the effectiveness and value of new drugs and other ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 03 Sep 2020
Second Trump appointee out at FDA amid credibility concerns
2 September 2020 - A second Trump administration appointee has been ousted at the Food and Drug Administration after the agency’s ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 29 Aug 2020
FDA ousts spokeswoman after COVID therapy misstatements
29 August 2020 - Emily Miller joined the agency as chief spokeswoman this month. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 24 Jun 2020
The new Janet: the FDA turns to a quiet problem-solver who brings expertise — and a little controversy
23 June 2020 - Janet Woodcock, one of the FDA’s most powerful regulators, has an almost mythic reputation and an ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 24 May 2020
FDA shuffles longtime division head, Janet Woodcock, to focus exclusively on COVID-19 vaccine project
22 May 2020 - FDA stalwart Janet Woodcock will temporarily step aside as the director of the agency’s Center for ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 21 Apr 2020
Director of U.S. agency key to vaccine development leaves role suddenly amid coronavirus pandemic
21 April 2020 - Rick Bright, one of the nation’s leading vaccine development experts and the director of the Biomedical ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 12 Jan 2020
The FDA is in trouble. Here’s how to fix it.
11 January 2020 - Some New Year’s resolutions for the incoming boss. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 16 Dec 2019
Senate confirms Stephen Hahn to head FDA
12 December 2019 - The Food and Drug Administration has been without a permanent commissioner since April, when Dr. Scott Gottlieb ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 06 Nov 2019
Dr. Stephen Hahn nominated to be next FDA commissioner
6 November 2019 - The Trump administration on Tuesday formally nominated Dr. Stephen Hahn to be the next commissioner of ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 06 Nov 2019
FDA Office of Hematology Oncology Products reorganises, renamed Office of Oncologic Diseases
6 November 2019 - The U.S. FDA’s office responsible for reviewing applications for new and existing cancer therapies has reorganized ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 24 Oct 2019
Trump set to nominate Texas cancer doctor to head FDA
25 October 2019 - If confirmed, Stephen Hahn would succeed acting commissioner Norman “Ned” Sharpless. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 02 Oct 2019
Trump set to nominate Stephen Hahn as FDA commissioner, pending vetting process
1 October 2019 - President Trump is set to nominate Dr. Stephen Hahn to lead the Food and Drug Administration, ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 26 Sep 2019
FDA begins reorganisation phase of modernisation efforts to increase efficiency and further support new drug development
26 September 2019 - Today, the U.S. FDA’s Center for Drug Evaluation and Research (CDER) announced that the reorganization of certain ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 10 Sep 2019
Frontrunner to lead FDA, dogged by controversies, has developed knack for confronting them
10 September 2019 - Before he interviewed with President Trump last week to become FDA commissioner, Dr. Stephen Hahn had ...