FDA Deputy Commissioner Anand Shah To Step Down Jan. 20

FDA’s Anand Shah, deputy commissioner for medical and scientific affairs, told Inside Health Policy Tuesday (Jan. 12) that he will be resigning from his role at the agency effective Jan. 20, the day of President-elect Joe Biden’s inauguration. Shah says his resignation was planned well before Biden’s victory in the Nov. 3 presidential election. He originally planned to serve at HHS for three years when he joined the department in 2016 but has now been at the department for...