FDA Commissioner Robert Califf on Capitol Hill, Feb. 8, 2023 (Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

FDA com­mis­sion­er floats ideas on how to bet­ter han­dle the pan­dem­ic

FDA Com­mis­sion­er Rob Califf joined the heads of the CDC and NIH in the hot seat to­day be­fore a key House sub­com­mit­tee, ex­plain­ing that there needs to be a much faster, more co­or­di­nat­ed way to over­see vac­cine safe­ty, and that for­eign bio­phar­ma in­spec­tions, halt­ed for years due to the pan­dem­ic, are slow­ly ramp­ing up again.

Califf, who stressed to the House En­er­gy and Com­merce’s Sub­com­mit­tee on Health that the CDC al­so needs bet­ter da­ta, made clear that the FDA’s abil­i­ty to mon­i­tor the safe­ty of vac­cines “would al­so ben­e­fit great­ly by a co­or­di­nat­ed fed­er­al pub­lic health da­ta re­port­ing au­thor­i­ty.”

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