CDER Ombudsman Referees Increasing Number Of Internal Scientific Disputes
Executive Summary
Last year, Virginia Behr, the ombudsman for FDA's Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, dealt with the usual consumer and industry complaints about off-label drug promotion, marketing of unapproved drugs and unethical research conduct. But she also played a greater role mediating scientific disputes between FDA staff
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