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Washington Focus

Califf Answers Tough Questions, Sets Top Priorities During Senate HELP Hearing

Califf Answers Tough Questions, Sets Top Priorities During Senate HELP Hearing

Dec. 20, 2021 — Dr. Robert Califf, President Joe Biden’s nominee for the FDA Commissioner position, spent roughly two hours answering questions volleyed his way during last week’s Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee’s hearing on his nomination. Califf’s answers, peppered with details, facts and figures, references to senators’ home-state concerns, anecdotes about […]

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Regulatory/FDA

CDER Steps in to Issue Warning Letters for Vaping Products Deemed Drugs

CDER Steps in to Issue Warning Letters for Vaping Products Deemed Drugs

Dec. 13, 2021 – Recent FDA Warning Letters calling out promotional claims made about vaping products are interesting in that they were issued not by the agency’s Center for Tobacco Products, but by the Center for Drug Evaluation and Research (CDER). “Although the FDA has been criticized for missing deadlines on approving or rejecting various […]

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