WIKIMEDIA, UNITED STATES MISSION GENEVAMargaret Hamburg, commissioner of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), yesterday (February 5) announced that she will be resigning at the end of March.
“From creating a modernized food safety system that will reduce foodborne illness; advancing biomedical innovation by approving novel medical products in cutting-edge areas; and responding aggressively to the need to secure the safety of a globalized food and medical product supply chain, to taking critical steps to reduce the death and disease caused by tobacco, we have accomplished a tremendous amount in the last six years,” she wrote in a letter to her staff.
Hamburg’s tenure has been marked by controversy and accomplishment. She oversaw a flood of drug approvals, broader regulation of tobacco, changes to food labeling, and a fair number of controversies—notably, expanding access to the morning after pill to teenagers and approving new opioid painkillers.
“I’m pleased to see her go,” Andrew ...
