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"U.S. FDA Commissioner Margaret Hamburg to step down"
http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/02/05/us-fda-hamburg-resignation-exclusive-idUSKBN0L90GT20150205?irpc=932Hamburg's resignation comes at a crucial time for the FDA as Congress pushes initiatives to speed new drug development, and food safety advocates, backed by Obama, back the creation of a separate agency combining the food safety functions of the FDA and the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
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FDA Commissioner to Resign
Dr. Margaret A. Hamburg to Step Down in March
http://www.wsj.com/article_email/u-s-fda-commissioner-to-resign-1423120471-lMyQjAxMTE1ODAxNTAwOTU3WjHer temporary replacement will be the FDA’s chief scientist, Dr. Stephen Ostroff. One possible permanent successor is Robert Califf of Duke University, whom Dr. Hamburg recently selected as her deputy commissioner for medical products and tobacco.
The new FDA commissioner will require approval from the Republican-controlled Congress.
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FDA Commissioner Dr Margaret Hamburg to Step Down
Lisa Nainggolan and Robert LowesDisclosures
February 05, 2015
Medscape
This pressure to grease the track for drug and device makers at the expense of safety, she said, could become more intense if Republican lawmakers, now in control of both the House and Senate, manage to enact their 21st Century Cures initiative. It is designed, in their words, "to accelerate the pace of cures and medical breakthroughs."