FDA com­mis­sion­er Scott Got­tlieb sets some goals: Find ways to low­er drug prices, use new tech to speed de­vel­op­ment

Scott Got­tlieb start­ed his first full week as FDA com­mis­sion­er by lay­ing out some goals and guide­lines for the agency now un­der his di­rec­tion, hop­ing to al­le­vi­ate some con­cerns he’s been hear­ing about the fu­ture. In an all-hands speech to staff on Mon­day, Got­tlieb re­it­er­at­ed some now fa­mil­iar themes on what he hopes to ac­com­plish, and how every­one at the FDA is now ex­pect­ed to lend a hand.

Aside from some health ini­tia­tives on smok­ing and com­bat­ing the opi­oid ad­dic­tion cri­sis in the coun­try, Got­tlieb pledged to find new ways to low­er drug prices, push­ing through com­plex gener­ics and biosim­i­lars while lay­ing the ground­work to pre­vent any more sweet­heart deals to de­lay the ar­rival of low-cost knock­offs, im­ply­ing that he’s prepar­ing to take ac­tion on that front.

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