US FDA May Lose Some Autonomy Under Health Department’s General Counsel Reorg

 
• By Sarah Karlin-Smith

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is moving FDA Chief Counsel Robert Foster to a new senior position as Chief Counsel for Food, Research, and Drugs at HHS. Hilary Perkins will become FDA chief counsel.

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The new HHS Office of General Counsel reorganization may indicate more micromanagement of the FDA is coming. (Shutterstock)

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