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FDA Commissioner Hahn To Seek Public Health Leadership Post To Work On COVID-19 Issues Next

 
• By Sue Darcey

Outgoing US FDA chief Stephen Hahn has signaled that he’ll seek a posting in public health, where he can increase equity and help in the fight against COVID-19.

Stephen Hahn of MD Anderson Cancer Center is expected to be nominated for FDA commissioner

Outgoing US Food and Drug Administration commissioner Stephen Hahn has signaled that he wants to focus on public health issues in his next career, and continue to address the types of challenges the agency will face in 2021 in approving the best diagnostics testing for COVID-19 and its variants.

Hahn laid out his accomplishments at the FDA over the past year, and issues the agency is having in fighting...

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