The Implementer: How the Official Who Will Make FDAAA Work Views the New Law

The FDA Amendments Act transforms the drug safety system. In a recent address to the Food & Drug Law Institute, the acting head of the Center for Drug Evaluation & Research offered her view about what the law means and how the agency will make it work

Janet Woodcock

The legislation is pretty groundbreaking. The FD&C Act up until now has been practically silent, except for some of the...

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