Mar 11, 2021 12:08pm Who will lead the FDA under President Joe Biden? Former FDA chiefs are urging Biden to hurry up and make a choice. (FDA) The clock is ticking on an FDA commissioner nomination, with public pressure on President Joe Biden to pick up the pace. Six former FDA commissioners wrote the White House this week urging Biden to make a choice, according to several media reports. The letter, signed by Robert Califf, Scott Gottlieb, Margaret Hamburg, Jane Henney, Mark McClellan and Andrew von Eschenbach, pushed Biden to act in the face of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. They noted vaccine, drug and testing issues related to the pandemic, as well as the need to implement new tobacco regulations, according to The Washington Post.