With Amy Abernethy out, Vid Desai takes over as FDA’s acting CIO
The FDA’s top tech guru Amy Abernethy officially left the FDA last Friday, and one of her two main roles as chief information officer has been handed over in an acting capacity to Vid Desai, FDA’s current chief technology officer.
Desai, who began his tenure at the FDA in August 2019, praised the work of Abernethy on LinkedIn over the weekend, saying she “made impressive progress” on the agency’s journey toward modernizing its technology and data systems, “and got us to a very solid base camp.”
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