Gottlieb vs Azar vs Califf vs Gottlieb: The Public Fight Over How The US FDA Should Operate

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Alex Azar, Trump’s HHS secretary nominee, who spoke at the Senate HELP committee 11/29/17
HHS Secretary Alex Azar

The US Department of Health and Human Services – the overseer of the Food and Drug Administration and 27 other agencies and offices – is pushing back on suggestions that HHS secretary Alex Azar’s recent move to exert control over regulations was a power play aimed at the FDA.

The effort is part of a larger struggle over FDA’s reputation, with former commissioner Scott Gottlieb playing multiple roles in...

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