CDER’s Pharmaceutical Science Office Gets New Director, Probably Its Last
This article was originally published in The Pink Sheet Daily
Executive Summary
As Keith Webber departs for Perrigo, Lawrence Yu will step up as Acting Director of the Office of Pharmaceutical Science as FDA prepares to incorporate OPS into soon-to-come Office of Pharmaceutical Quality.
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