Ex-FDA chiefs, non-prof­its take Ned Sharp­less' cor­ner as clock ticks down on Trump's pick

Just a few days af­ter a re­port sur­faced not­ing that HHS Sec­re­tary Alex Azar was push­ing for con­tro­ver­sial sec­re­tary for health Brett Giroir to take the helm at the FDA from act­ing chief Nor­man “Ned” Sharp­less, a new re­port has sur­faced not­ing some high-pro­file sup­port gath­er­ing in Sharp­less’ cor­ner.

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