She Didn’t Need To Be Commissioner: Janet Woodcock’s Transformative Legacy

 
• By Sarah Karlin-Smith

She is as polarizing as she is powerful, but whether you think Janet Woodcock is drug development’s hero or public health’s enemy, there’s no denying she dramatically transformed the US FDA over her 35-year career.

Woodcock legacy portrait. (Source: Nielsen Hobbs; the Pink Sheet | Images from Alamy, FDA, Shutterstock)
Janet Woodcock's smile might not be enigmatic, but her legacy is complicated. • Source: Nielsen Hobbs; the Pink Sheet | Images from Alamy, FDA, Shutterstock

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