Stronger Research Just One Item on Drug Agency's Wish List

摘要

The two public health veterans President Barack Obama has tapped to take charge of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) face a daunting challenge. Margaret Hamburg, 53, and Joshua Sharfstein, 39, nominated to be FDA commissioner andrndeputy, respectively, will inherit an agency with fragmented authority and funding that has been stumbling from one crisis to the next.rnTheir challenges stretch from fixing antiquated information technology systems to managing overseas inspections of food and drugs, but some of the biggest are scientific.