Pop­u­lar FDA com­mish Scott Got­tlieb has hand­ed in his res­ig­na­tion

In a stun­ning turn of events, FDA com­mis­sion­er Scott Got­tlieb is re­sign­ing from his post and leav­ing of­fice in a mat­ter of weeks.

The Wash­ing­ton Post re­port­ed that Got­tlieb, who’s been com­mut­ing from Con­necti­cut, told ad­min­is­tra­tion of­fi­cials that he wants to spend more time with his fam­i­ly.

Got­tlieb ar­rived at the FDA short­ly af­ter the Trump ad­min­is­tra­tion took of­fice, vow­ing to up­hold the gold stan­dard in drug de­vel­op­ment while do­ing every­thing pos­si­ble to fa­cil­i­tate drug mak­ers’ work — at least for the le­git­i­mate play­ers.

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