Lowell Schiller, senior counsel to US FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb and a former Senate staffer, has been tapped to lead the chief counsel’s office following the departure of Rebecca “Becky” Wood at the end of July.
US FDA’s Lowell Schiller Steps In As Acting Chief Counsel When Rebecca Wood Departs In July
A permanent successor to Wood, who will have held the agency's top legal post for only a year, will be announced in the near future, FDA Commissioner Gottlieb says; in the interim, Schiller, senior counsel to the commissioner and a former Senate HELP Committee staffer, will lead the chief counsel's office on an acting basis.
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