Even As Acting US FDA Commissioner, Woodcock Still Holds Multiple Positions

To help with the transition to Biden’s COVID-19 response, Woodcock will retain some therapeutic development duties in the program the Trump administration had called Operation Warp Speed.

Washington, D.C., USA- January 13, 2020: FDA Sign outside their headquarters in Washington DC. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA or USFDA) is a federal agency of the USA.
Julia Tierney, CBER's chief of staff, also has agreed to become acting FDA chief of staff pending ethics clearance. • Source: Shutterstock

Even though she is now at the top of the US Food and Drug Administration, Janet Woodcock still is holding multiple positions, continuing an all-too-familiar script during her career.

Woodcock officially became acting agency head on 20 January upon President Biden’s inauguration. In a memo to staff tweeted...

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