In Brief: FDA Anti-Infective Drug Products Division
Executive Summary
FDA Anti-Infective Drug Products Division: Director Mary Fanning MD/PhD resigns after less than a year at the agency. Fanning, an AIDS researcher, joined the agency in July 1995 from Toronto's Wellesley Hospital ("The Pink Sheet" April 3, 1995 In Brief). Effective July 5, Office of Drug Evaluation IV Acting Director David Feigal, MD, will serve as acting director of the anti-infectives division. Donna Freeman, MD, will fill Feigal's other roles as acting director of the Division of Antiviral Drug Products...
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