NCI Director Ned Sharpless to Be Named Acting FDA Commissioner

March 12, 2019 – National Cancer Institute (NCI) director Norman (Ned) E. Sharpless, MD, has been named as acting commissioner of the FDA once Scott Gottlieb, MD, leaves the regulatory agency in April 2019, according to an announcement by the Health and Human Services Secretary (HHSS). The news was released at a House Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee Hearing one week after Gottlieb announced his plan to resign in … (leggi tutto)