ROCKVILLE, MD: The FDA "will remain on plan" in achieving its communications objectives, said Peter Pitts, head of external relations for the agency, amid internal changes triggered by President Bush's nomination of commissioner Mark McClellan to run Medicare.
The announcement, which the White House made on February 20, came just 15 months after McClellan assumed the commissioner position at the FDA. During his tenure, he has been praised for facilitating the approval process of new drug therapies - previously something the ...