Crawford four-month appraisal
This article was originally published in The Gray Sheet
Executive Summary
Acting FDA Commissioner Lester Crawford is doing an "awesome" job, HHS Secretary Tommy Thompson tells AdvaMed board members June 20 in Washington, D.C. "He is out there to make changes. He is already making more changes in the short couple [of] months he's been here...realigning, reorganizing, putting in the risk assessment system.... Whether or not he's going to get to be the commissioner, I can't tell you. That's a decision for the President. But I can assure you, until the final commissioner is appointed by the President, this man is in charge, this man is going to continue to make changes"...
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