Senate Health Will Hold Califf Nomination Hearing Dec. 14

The Senate health committee will hold a hearing next Tuesday (Dec. 14) to consider President Joe Biden’s FDA chief-nominee Robert Califf, committee Chair Patty Murray (D-WA) announced Tuesday (Dec. 7). Since his previous run as FDA chief, Califf, who is currently head of clinical policy and strategy for Verily and Google Health, has called for FDA to be an independent agency , pushed for changes to the clinical trial enterprise, and highlighted the benefits of using digital health technologies to...