FDA commissioner search: Pittsburgh's Juhl could be politically appealing candidate.

FDA COMMISSIONER SEARCH: PITTSBURGH PHARMACY PROFESSOR JUHL, one of the first names being widely discussed as a successor to Commissioner David Kessler, offers a potentially appealing package of attributes for the selection. University of Pittsburgh School of Pharmacy Dean Randy Juhl, PhD, the inaugural chairman of FDA's Nonprescription Drugs Advisory Committee, could be presented as a key participant in the agency's recent efforts to expand consumer access to medicines via the Rx-to-OTC switch process.