FDA commissioner search narrowed to three

HHS Secretary Alex Azar has submitted three names to the White House as potential FDA commissioners, individuals who are familiar with the process of selecting and vetting candidates told BioCentury.

In addition to Acting Commissioner Ned Sharpless, the White House is considering Stephen Hahn, chief medical executive, the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, and Alexa Kimball, CEO and president of Harvard Medical Faculty Physicians at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and professor of dermatology at Harvard Medical School. ...