Trump will pick Stephen Hahn as his next FDA com­mis­sion­er — re­ports

Pres­i­dent Don­ald Trump will nom­i­nate MD An­der­son ex­ec­u­tive Stephen Hahn to lead the FDA, mul­ti­ple out­lets are re­port­ing.

The move breaks from a con­sen­sus among for­mer FDA lead­ers and pa­tient ad­vo­ca­cy groups push­ing the ad­min­is­tra­tion to stick with act­ing com­mis­sion­er Ned Sharp­less, the Na­tion­al Can­cer In­sti­tute di­rec­tor who has helmed the FDA on an in­ter­im ba­sis since Scott Got­tlieb end­ed his en­er­getic and wide­ly ad­mired 2-year stint in April.

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