{"id":4044,"date":"2008-12-01T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2008-12-01T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pharma-mkting.com\/index.php\/2008\/12\/01\/pmn710-article04\/"},"modified":"2019-02-18T18:32:07","modified_gmt":"2019-02-18T18:32:07","slug":"pmn710-article04","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/ec2-54-175-84-28.compute-1.amazonaws.com\/pharma-mkting.com\/articles\/pmn710-article04\/","title":{"rendered":"Reforming the FDA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Reforming the FDA        It All Starts with a New Commissioner! NOT!<br \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Shiny New FDA\" src=\"http:\/\/ec2-54-175-84-28.compute-1.amazonaws.com\/pharma-mkting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/FDA-glow.jpg\" align=\"right\" border=\"0\" height=\"77\" width=\"165\"\/>&#8220;[The Committee on Energy and Commerce in the US House andRepresentatives] has found that FDA not only failed in its basicmission, but refused to admit its failures and take steps to protectAmericans from unsafe food and drugs,&#8221; said Rep. John D. Dingell(D-MI), former chairman of that committee. &#8220;In the 111th Congress, thecommittee will swiftly move FDA reform legislation that is needed toensure FDA does its job.&#8221; Now that Henry Waxman is the new chairman,&#8221;swift&#8221; may be inadequate to describe the changes ahead for the FDA.<\/p>\n<p>Thebiggest and possibly most important change, however, is whoPresident-elect Obama and his Secretary of HHS, Tom Daschle, decide tonominate for the new FDA Commissioner. <\/p>\n<p>Itseems like everyone in the Pharma Blogosphere and the press isrecommending or wondering who Dr. Andrew von Eschenbach&#8217;s replacementwill be.<\/p>\n<p>To help take the pulse of various stakeholders, PharmaMarketing News hosted the &#8220;Who Should Obama Nominate for FDACommissioner?&#8221; survey starting in November, 2008. 475consumers, healthcare professionals, government agency staffers, anddrug industry executives have voted in this survey. This articlesummarizes the results.<\/p>\n<p>Topic headings include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Obama In, Eschenbach Out!<\/li>\n<li>The Pundits Weigh In<\/li>\n<li>The Candidates<\/li>\n<li>Profile of Respondents<\/li>\n<li>And the Winner Is&#8230;<\/li>\n<li>Peter Rost &#8211; A Special Case\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>Who Voted for Whom?<\/li>\n<li>Comments from Voters and Candidates<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Read this article now. It&#8217;s FREE&#8230;<\/b> <\/p>\n<p><b><a href=\"http:\/\/www.news.pharma-mkting.com\/pmn710-article04a.pdf\">Download PDF file<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<p><b>Update<\/b> (December, 2011): Replacing the FDA Commissioner may have been a necessary, but NOT SUFFICIENT pre-requisite for reforming the FDA. Not even a reform-minded commissioner like Margaret Hamburg, M.D. &#8212; who was nominated to the post after this article was first published &#8212; can change things when the FDA is beholding to the Department of Health and Human Services. This was made evident when HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius over-rode FDA&#8217;s decision to allow the over-the-couinter sale of Plan B One-Step to girls younger than 17 (see &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.forums.pharma-mkting.com\/showthread.php?p=70013#post70013\">Sebelius vs. Hamburg on OTC Plan B Decision<\/a>&#8220;).<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, there is a new call for FDA reform that would take the F.D.A. out of the Department of Health and Human Services and make it an independent agency, like the Fed (op cit).<\/p>\n<p>  PMN710-04<br \/> Issue: Vol. 7, No. 10: December 2008<br \/> Word Count: 5868  <\/p>\n<p> <b>Find other articles in related Topic Areas:<\/b>  <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.news.pharma-mkting.com\/PMNRegComplianceReprints.htm\">Regulatory Compliance<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Possibly the most important political change facing the pharmaceutical industry in 2006 is who will be the new FDA Commissioner. 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