Sen­ate health com­mit­tee again of­fers its sup­port for FDA com­mis­sion­er nom­i­nee Rob Califf

Rob Califf, the fa­mous car­di­ol­o­gist from Duke Uni­ver­si­ty, is like­ly to re­turn to the top of the FDA, this time un­der the Biden ad­min­is­tra­tion.

At his con­fir­ma­tion hear­ing Tues­day, De­moc­rats and Re­pub­li­cans on the Sen­ate health com­mit­tee of­fered their sup­port for Califf, with Chair Pat­ty Mur­ray (D-WA) stress­ing the need for an ex­pe­ri­enced leader, like Califf, who can en­sure that sci­ence comes first.

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