Feb. 21, 2022 – During President Joe Biden’s first year in office, his administration’s health policy team has faltered, made missteps and miscalculations on COVID-19 decisions and communication, and took more than a year to secure a permanent Food and Drug Administration Commissioner (Robert Califf, M.D., was confirmed to take the helm on Feb. 15). […]
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Feb. 15, 2022 – Dr. Robert Califf was confirmed to be the next Commissioner of Food and Drugs in a close 50-46 Senate vote today. In a sign of the times, during the 2016 vote for Califf’s first stint as FDA Commissioner, he was confirmed 89-4. “We expect Califf to be a strong leader for […]
Read more Feb. 7, 2022 – Although the nomination of Dr. Robert Califf to return as FDA Commissioner was advanced by the Senate House, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee just weeks ago and it appeared Califf was poised to be confirmed by the full Senate, new opposition to his nomination reportedly has switched at least some […]
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Jan. 24, 2022 – With the COVID-19 pandemic heading into year three, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) faces ongoing challenges but continues to work on four primary agency priorities, according to Nancy Bradish Myers, president of Catalyst Healthcare Consulting, who spoke at a Jan. 21 Coalition for Healthcare Communication webinar, “A New Start for […]
Read more 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 […]
Read more Nov. 15, 2021 – Many in the healthcare space are breathing a sigh of relief that President Joe Biden finally announced his nominee to be the new FDA Commissioner on Nov. 12: former FDA Commissioner Robert Califf, M.D. Although Coalition for Healthcare Communication Executive Director Jon Bigelow believes Califf will win Senate confirmation for a […]
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Oct. 21, 2021—Nine months into President Joe Biden’s administration, he has still not nominated a candidate to take the helm at the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Amid the COVID-19 pandemic and other pressing healthcare issues, the pressure is rising for a permanent FDA commissioner, but many of the frequently-named frontrunners for the position appear […]
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June 11, 2021 – The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) “is really central, not only to product approvals, but to what [medical product companies] can say in terms of marketing,” according to Prevision Policy Senior Editor Kate Rawson. Rawson, who spoke June 4 at a Coalition for Healthcare Communication (CHC) webinar, “What’s Ahead for the […]
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Jan. 18, 2021 – Under the Biden administration, longtime Center for Drug Evaluation and Research (CDER) director and FDA veteran Janet Woodcock, M.D., has been tapped to serve as the acting commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) after current FDA Commissioner Stephen Hahn, M.D., stepped down on Jan. 20. Media reports suggest that […]
Read more Dec. 21, 2020 – As President-elect Joe Biden takes office in January 2021, understanding what could change and what could remain the same at the FDA is important, according to Nancy Bradish Myers, president and CEO of Catalyst Healthcare Consulting Inc. Myers, who has held key positions at the FDA and in industry, spoke at […]
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