PhRMA PUTS TOGETHER Ex-FDA COMMISSIONER GROUP TO PROVIDE SUGGESTIONS FOR AGENCY CHANGES; FORMER REP. ROGERS HEADS EFFORT TO DEVELOP MODERATE REFORMS
Executive Summary
The Pharmaceutical Research & Manufacturers of America is working with a group of former FDA commissioners to prepare suggested reforms for the agency. The informal advisory group is understood to have enlisted at least three former commissioners: Charles Edwards, MD (former chairman of the Scripps Research Center); Mark Novitch, MD (recently retired from Upjohn and president of the U.S. Pharmacopeia); and Jere Goyan, PhD (president of Alteon Corp.).