Show Me The Money: FDA Recruitment Efforts Challenged By Government Salaries
This article was originally published in RPM Report
Executive Summary
FDA’s Center for Drugs continues to operate under a staffing shortage at a time when it faces tremendous pressure to implement new authorities. In some cases, that’s left Janet Woodcock scrambling to find senior managers that can lead top CDER initiatives. Direct hiring authority has helped, but it doesn’t fully address FDA’s recruiting challenges. There’s still too much red tape – and not enough money.
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