Broad Institute's Eric Lander confirmed to Biden cabinet; Legend reveals the BCMA CAR-T data package behind priority review
Geneticist Eric Lander was confirmed by the US Senate to lead the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy Friday.
Lander is the director of the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, and the last of President Joe Biden’s Cabinet nominees to be confirmed. He was confirmed despite questions surrounding connections to financier and sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, whom he met with twice in 2012. Lander told lawmakers he was unaware of Epstein’s history when they met.
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