US FDA Cell/Gene Therapy Office ‘Aggressively Recruiting’ Amid Reorg, Senior Staff Departures
Executive Summary
Transformation of former Office of Tissues and Advanced Therapies into a ‘super office’ will provide leadership opportunities for a younger generation, retiring director Wilson Bryan says. CBER head Peter Marks says he is not concerned if agency staff later go to work for industry; suggests increased staffing and reorg could help cut down on gene therapy IND clinical holds.
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