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Who Will Be the Next F.D.A. Chief?
Two leading contenders generate wider debate about the leadership needed to restore morale and scientific integrity to an agency battered by the politicized Trump administration.
Dr. Janet Woodcock. left, the acting F.D.A. commissioner, and Dr. Joshua Sharfstein, who held the No. 2 spot during part of the Obama administration, are considered front-runners for the job.Credit.Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call, via Getty Images, left; Chris Maddaloni/CQ Roll Call, via Getty Images
Published Feb. 20, 2021Updated March 9, 2021
One month into his presidency, President Biden still has not named a candidate to head the Food and Drug Administration, a critical position at a time when new vaccines and coronavirus treatments are under the agency’s review.
Predictions in the current antitrust, regulatory and legislative environments are hard – there is just too much happening. The better insights might be reached by thinking through what the bigger questions might be for example, some things to think about as we approach 2021 and contemplate where a new administration in Washington and evolving antitrust enforcement regimes and priorities will take the health care industry. Will the FTC continue to pursue health system and hospital mergers and affiliations aggressively, as it did in 2020? Will its loss in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, regarding the Jefferson-Einstein merger, be upheld on appeal? Or will the “market realities” aspect of market definition cause the FTC to refocus its efforts and analysis?
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Feb. 11, 2021) – Bills introduced in the California legislature would authorize the legal sale of food and food additives containing CBD within the state. This would not only open up markets in California, but it would also a crucial step given the FDA’s continued prohibition of the same.
Assm. Cecilia Aguiar-Curry (D-Winters) profiled Assembly Bill 45 (AB45) last December. Sen. Benjamin Allen (D-Hollywood) introduced the companion, Senate Bill 235 (SB235), on Jan. 19. The legislation would allow cannabinoids and other hemp extracts to be added to dietary supplements, food, beverages, cosmetics and pet food. The bill declares that a dietary supplement, food, beverage, cosmetic, or pet food is not adulterated by the inclusion of industrial hemp or cannabinoids, extracts, or derivatives from industrial hemp as long as it meets state specifications.
Reconstruction Post-Breast Cancer Surgery Is Not a Given, Anymore Sabrina Emms
In 2016, Kim Bowles, then 35 years old and a mother of two, was facing the loss of both breasts due to cancer. Going into the surgery Bowles told her doctor she did not want breast reconstruction, instead to leave her chest flat.
Her decision, clearly communicated to her surgeon, was not honored. “I brought photos, I brought a witness, I did everything I could to protect my choice,” said Ms. Bowles, who lives in Pennsylvania. Instead, the surgeon left two flaps of skin in case she changed her mind. Ms. Bowles experienced “flat denial”, the response of a surgeon, who for whatever reason, does not honor a patient s wishes.