Woodcock Nostalgia: GOP Rep. Bilirakis Wants CDER To Recapture Her Flexible Approach

Energy and Commerce Committee member suggests CBER now is more flexible with rare disease product approval requirements than CDER, inviting the drug center to return to its approach under former director Janet Woodcock.

Rep. Gus Bilirakis
Republicans called for more use of accelerated approval during an Energy and Commerce Committee hearing. • Source: Screenshot of House of Representatives broadcast

Janet Woodcock’s tenure as director of the US Food and Drug Administration’s Center for Drug Evaluation and Research ended only three years ago, but some in Congress already are nostalgic for what they characterized as a bygone era.

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