Who Should Obama Nominate for FDA Commissioner?
It seems like everyone in the Pharma Blogosphere and the press is recommending who president-elect Barack Obama should nominate — when he becomes president — as the new FDA Commissioner to replace Dr. Andrew von Eschenbach (see here for comments from the pundits and press).
The following list presents the major contenders the pundits have identified.
* Robert Califf, vice chancellor for clinical research and professor of medicine in the Division of Cardiology at Duke.
* Dora Hughes, Health Policy Advisor to Senator Barack Obama.
* David Kessler, former FDA Commissioner.
* Steve Nissen, cardiologist at Cleveland Clinic.
* Mary Pendergast, industry consultant who was a former associate FDA Commissioner under David Kessler.
* Peter Rost, former Pfizer VP of Marketing, now a blogger.
* Joshua Sharfstein, commissioner of the Baltimore City Health Department.
* Mike Taylor, former Deputy FDA Commissioner under Clinton
* Susan Wood, the former head of women’s health at FDA, who resigned in protest after the delay in switching the morning-after pill over-the-counter.
* Janet Woodcock, Center for Drug Evaluation & Research Director
Please take a few minutes to tell me who you think President-elect Obama should nominate as the new FDA Commissioner. If you don’t like any of these choices, you can write-in your own candidate!
You can learn more about the contenders mentioned above when you access the survey site. After completing the survey, you will be able to see a summary of the results (de-identified to protect respondents anonymity).
Results of this survey may be summarized in Pharma Marketing News.
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