Senators To Gottlieb: Does FDA Need New Authority To Expedite Recalls?

A group of Democratic senators are pressing FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb for answers regarding what they view as an overly long process leading up to the recent recall of faulty lead detection tests -- namely, the senators want to know what additional authorities the agency needs to prevent a long lag time between identification of a safety issue and a recall in the future. The senators also want to know whether faulty tests were used to expedite approval of other...