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Hard Truths About Mistruths: US FDA’s Califf Switching Gears On Misinformation Fight

 
• By Derrick Gingery

Fighting misinformation likely will not be successful, the FDA commissioner conceded, but stakeholders should join the campaign to increase the dissemination of truthful information.

Robert Califf at the Milken Institute Future of Health Summit
FDA Commissioner Robert Califf addressed many subjects during the Milken Institute Future of Health Summit. • Source: Derrick Gingery

{Editor's Note: This article originally appeared in Pink Sheet, Medtech Insight's sister publication covering regulation and policy in the pharmaceutical industry.]

Robert Califf has resigned himself to the fact that the US Food and Drug Administration’s strategy of waging a full-frontal...

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