US FDA Drug Office Reorg Enters Homestretch With Leadership Nods For Three Clinical Offices
Executive Summary
Hylton Joffe was named acting director of the new Office of Rare Diseases, Pediatrics, Urologic and Reproductive Medicine but also will continue to serve as Office of New Drugs acting deputy director; agency veterans Ellis Unger and Julie Beitz also tapped for clinical office leadership roles in final stage of massive reorg.
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