Former FDA Chiefs Support Hahn, But Murray Questions His Experience

By Beth Wang / November 20, 2019 at 8:02 AM
Former FDA heads, including Scott Gottlieb, penned a letter to Senate leadership on Tuesday (Nov. 19) expressing support for MD Anderson Cancer Center Chief Medical Executive Stephen Hahn to be the next agency chief. The letter was sent a day before the Senate health committee’s Wednesday (Nov. 20) confirmation hearing for Hahn . During the hearing, Senate health committee ranking Democrat Patty Murray (WA) is expected to express doubts about Hahn, as he has little government experience and nearly no...

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