Gottlieb: FDA Hiring Freeze Lifted 'Effectively Immediately'

FDA is no longer under a hiring freeze and will soon institute a rapid process for filling vacant positions, FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb wrote to agency staff in an internal memo Thursday (May 25) . He said the Trump administration agrees with him on the importance of FDA staff in achieving the agency's mission. “Senior leadership has worked very closely with the administration over the last several months, and just as I do, they see the critical importance of the...