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Califf Sits Down For Fireside Chat; Looks Back And Ahead

 
• By Brian Bossetta

Robert Califf marked his one-year anniversary as the commissioner of the US Food and Drug Administration by discussing the first year of his second term as the agency’s chief executive and his vision for the future.

Robert Califf in fornt of FDA building
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Running the US Food and Drug Administration is nothing new for Robert Califf, who took the reins of the agency in February 2022. A cardiologist by trade, Califf also ran the agency in the final year of the Obama administration. But, he noted during a recent fireside chat hosted by the Alliance for a Stronger FDA, that was a more “genteel” time.

In reprising his role as commissioner, not only has Califf had to grapple with a global pandemic, but a more...

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