FDA Efficiency Harmed By Commissioner Confirmation Process – Friedman
Executive Summary
FDA would be more effective if the Senate were not required to confirm the commissioner post, former Acting Commissioner Michael Friedman, MD, wrote in an editorial for the Dec. 20 issue of Science
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