Drug-Pricing Specialist Lenihan To Replace Silvis As FDA Chief Of Staff

Updated Story FDA Chief of Staff Lauren Silvis will leave the agency this month and be replaced by Keagan Lenihan, the agency’s associate commissioner for strategic initiatives and external affairs who has played key roles in the administration’s drug-pricing and drug-shortages initiatives, the agency confirmed to Inside Health Policy after former FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb tweeted about the departure on Monday (June 3). Gottlieb appointed Silvis to the chief of staff position shortly after he was confirmed...