CDER’s 50 Open Leadership Posts Could Be Bigger Hiring Challenges After Trump Freeze

President Trump’s hiring freeze on civilian employees will exacerbate the Center for Drugs Evaluation & Research’s existing difficulties in recruiting and retaining qualified individuals. CDER is currently 591 positions under the hiring ceiling, include 50 open positions within CDER management.

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The federal hiring freeze implemented by the Trump Administration adds another challenge to the ongoing struggle by FDA’s Center for Drug Evaluation & Research to recruit and retain qualified individuals to fill both open executive leadership positions and vacancies within its drug review teams.

While CDER’s recruitment challenges are longstanding and well-publicized by the 21st Century Cures legislative discussion, the Jan. 23

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