Watson Leaves FDA for Biogen Idec

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You could say Anthony Watson almost was destined to have a career in medical product safety. His mother was an investigator at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's district office in Boston, and his father still works at the National Institutes of Health. But after nearly 20 years at the FDA, Watson recently decided to take on a new challenge. Watson-who was director of the Division of Anesthesiology, General Hospital, Respiratory, Infection Control, and Dental Devices at the Office of Device Evaluation within the Center for Devices and Radiological Health (CDRH)-has joined Biogen Idec in Cambridge, MA, to concentrate on combination products. He said it represents an exciting opportunity and will allow him to take advantage of his skillset.