Sharpless has the edge on FDA job

Ned Sharpless tops the list of potential replacements for Gottlieb as FDA Commissioner

By Steve Usdin, Washington Editor | Mar 9, 2019 | 2:35 AM GMT

Norman (Ned) Sharpless, director of the National Cancer Institute, is the leading candidate to take over FDA leadership, Trump administration officials told BioCentury.

HHS Secretary Alex Azar hasn’t made a final decision, the officials said.

Brett Giroir, HHS assistant secretary for health, is also a contender.

Jim O’Neill, a libertarian opponent of requiring premarket efficacy of drugs, has expressed interest in the

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