FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb, MD, Resigns

March 6, 2019 – On March 5, 2019, Scott Gottlieb, MD, announced his resignation as Commissioner of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), a post he began in 2017. Dr. Gottlieb’s resignation will be effective next month. In a resignation letter to Alex M. Azar II, Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), Dr. Gottlieb outlined some of the highlights of his work as Commissioner: In the last 2 years, the FDA set out to advance major new policies to reduce the … (leggi tutto)