Author: Nicholas Florko / Source: STAT
ASHINGTON — Scott Gottlieb, the commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration, will resign in one month, the Trump administration announced Tuesday.
WGottlieb had served as FDA chief since May 2017.
The 46-year-old doctor was among President Trump’s most popular appointees.
While some Democrats initially questioned his ties to conservative groups and the pharmaceutical industry during his confirmation, Gottlieb quickly won respect from lawmakers of both parties.In Gottlieb’s resignation letter, which the FDA shared with STAT, the commissioner did not explain why he plans to leave the agency.
“Over the past 23 months, I’ve been privileged to work with an outstanding team at the Food and Drug Administration, and to collaborate with the professional staff on implementation of many meaningful incentives that have advanced the public health,” Gottlieb wrote. “I’m fortunate for the opportunity that the President of the United States afforded me to lead this outstanding team, at this time, in this period of wonderful scientific advances.”
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