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Would An Independent Analysis Of US FDA's Pandemic Response Find Transformative Effect?

Group of outside experts could help the agency determine the pandemic-inspired practices and regulatory changes to keep, former commissioner von Eschenbach says.

Screenshot from FDLI Annual Conference of former commissioners' discussion
Former FDA commissioners Andrew von Eschenbach, top left, Robert Califf, bottom left, and Mark McClellan, bottom right, discuss how the pandemic changed the agency with FDLI president and CEO Amy Comstock Rick. • Source: FDLI annual conference screenshot

A former US Food and Drug Administration commissioner, Andrew von Eschenbach, suggests an external group may offer the best chance for the agency to determine the best lessons learned by lessons from the coronavirus pandemic.

During an 18 May Food and Drug Law Institute Annual Conference session, von Eschenbach, president of Samaritan Health Initiatives, said...

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