Ex-FDA leader Tidmarsh asks government to defend his actions

George Tidmarsh has asked the U.S. government to assume his defense in a lawsuit that contributed to his removal as director of FDA’s Center for Drug Evaluation and Research.

In a legal filing submitted Monday, Tidmarsh argued that the actions cited in the lawsuit were taken in his official capacity and not, as the suit asserts, as part of an illegal attempt to retaliate against a former business associate. ...