US FDA’s New Regulatory Affairs Head Should Be ‘Highly Technically Competent’ But ‘Splendid On The Human Side,’ Califf Says

Agency has seen ‘a good slate of applicants’ for the post of associate commissioner for regulatory affairs, who will oversee a revamped field organization focused on inspections, investigations and imports. New update to the reorg plans calls for medical product and specialty labs to be moved out of the Office of Regulatory Affairs and relocated to the Office of the Chief Scientist.