US FDA ‘Actively Working’ To Fill Vaccine Leadership Positions Ahead Of Next Round Of COVID Reviews
Executive Summary
As decisions on additional boosters and childhood inoculations loom, CBER Director Peter Marks is still heading the vaccines division on an acting basis since the departures of Marion Gruber and Philip Krause last year. Who might succeed them?
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