Wednesday, March 13, 2019

Ned Sharpless, director of the National Cancer Institute, to be named acting FDA commissioner


Ned Sharpless, director of the National Cancer Institute, to be named acting FDA commissioner-statnews: The Trump administration on Tuesday announced it would name Ned Sharpless, the director of the National Cancer Institute, the acting commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration next month. The announcement came just a week after the current commissioner, Scott Gottlieb, announced he plans to resign in early April.