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‘Bruised’ But Not Broken: Ex-Commissioners See FDA Intact Amid Transition

 
• By Laura Helbling

Three former commissioners believe FDA has come through the Trump Administration relatively unscathed when compared to the reputational damage suffered by other government agencies. Will the Biden team agree?

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Three former commissioners of the US Food & Drug Administration agree that the agency has made it through the tumultuous Trump years without fundamental damage.

“Out of all the federal agencies, the FDA and the [National Institutes of Health] fared the best in this last...

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