Who Is the Most “Fantastic” Person Trump Has in Mind to Lead the FDA?

In a recent email,STAT: The Readout asked"Who's the next Mr. (or Ms.) Fantastic?":"President Trump has a'fantastic person' in mind to nominate as his new FDA commish. While we wait for his announcement, we're asking for your vote: Who is most likely to hear'You ’re Hired!?'"5 candidates were put forward. It turns out that NONE is a woman.Balaji Srinivasan, the long shot: This Silicon Valley darling may have expressed just a touch too much derision for the FDA on Twitter.[FromSTATnews] Srinivasan, for his part, has claimed the FDA creates “catastrophes” to increase its funding and that drug development takes too long. “Drug development prior to FDA shows that modern regimen is not necessary for safe innovation,” he tweeted. He also suggested in a tweet that “Yelp for drugs would do a better job." Ref: “Trump ‘Putin-ative’ Candidate for FDA Leader Would Have Converted Agency to ‘Yelp for Drugs’. ”UPDATE: Srinivasan is no longer a candidate for FDA Commissioner, reports STATnews."Washingtonians know that before one ’s name is floated as a candidate to run a federal agency, it’s imperative to delete one’s nasty tweets about said agency.”Read more »

Source: Pharma Marketing Blog - February 6, 2017 Category: Pharmaceuticals Tags: FDA FDA Commissioner Trump Source Type: blogs