Cures Act Hiring Authority Expansion Could Help Recruitment Woes, US FDA's Sharpless Says

Acting commissioner says greater flexibility in hiring has 'a real potential to solve some of our problems,' although only about 40-50 people have been added to date; recruitment and retention were very much on the minds of the FDA’s leadership at the recent BIO annual meeting, where center directors spoke of the long-term damage caused by the five-week partial government shutdown.