Supply Chain: A Science Food, Drug And Device Industries And US FDA Should Study – Califf

Topping Califf’s list of getting ready for future is “a vast need at the FDA for integrative data science." In a review he conducted of improvements agency centers are targeting, each listed supply chain information as top concern.

Califf and baby formula
Infant FORMULA SHORTAGE made food safety take a larger part of Commissioner Robert Califf's plate since he took the helm in February. • Source: Nielsen Hobbs; the Pink Sheet | Alamy and Shutterstock images

Robert Califf noted the obvious about the four months since he became US Food and Drug Administration commissioner in remarks to an advisory panel. He also probably surprised the panel with somewhat pessimistic observations on regulated industries’ impact on consumers’ health and wellness.

“Food has obviously taken up much more of my time than I expected,” Califf said early in his presentation during...

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