NCI's Ned Sharp­less gets the nod to run the FDA in wake of Scott Got­tlieb’s sur­prise ex­it

The head of the Na­tion­al Can­cer In­sti­tute, UNC alum Nor­man “Ned” Sharp­less, has been tapped as the act­ing head of the FDA.

The news fol­lows a few dif­fer­ent sto­ries point­ing to Sharp­less as the like­ly next helms­man of the agency, where the pop­u­lar com­mis­sion­er Scott Got­tlieb an­nounced his sur­prise res­ig­na­tion less than 2 years af­ter tak­ing the post. And Got­tlieb was quick to of­fer a thumb’s up.

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