US FDA's Hiring: First Phase Of Cures Implementation Will Focus On Senior Staff

Workforce report to Congress, mandated by 21st Century Cures Act, details FDA's plans for implementing its new authorities provided by the law. 

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As the US FDA is preparing to face a slew of senior staffers reaching full retirement eligibility in the coming years, the agency's first point of implementation of hiring authorities from the 21st Century Cures Act will focus on supervisory and executive positions across the medical product centers.

Compounding FDA's ability to staff leadership positions within the Center for Drug Evaluation and Research (CDER), the Center for Biologics...

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