In a nail-biter, Rob Califf gets a sec­ond shot at FDA com­mis­sion­er with Sen­ate con­fir­ma­tion

Famed car­di­ol­o­gist, Duke Uni­ver­si­ty clin­i­cal tri­al re­searcher and for­mer FDA com­mis­sion­er Rob Califf won Sen­ate con­fir­ma­tion for the sec­ond time on Tues­day, af­ter more than a year with­out an ap­point­ed leader at the agency.

This time, af­ter serv­ing as the 22nd FDA com­mis­sion­er for about a year un­der Pres­i­dent Oba­ma, Califf’s con­fir­ma­tion vote was con­sid­er­ably clos­er at 50-46, with Sen. Mike Rounds (R-SD) vot­ing present as Sen. Ben Lu­jan (D-NM) did not vote due to a stroke.

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