Supplemental Filings: Pink Sheet Notebook On Disease Lobbying, Dan Leonard’s Next Act, And More
Executive Summary
Quick takes on Ultragenyx’s CEO lobbing the US FDA for rare disease policy changes, the agency naming a new deputy assistant commissioner for media affairs, the former CEO of AAM starting a consulting firm, and more.
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