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Von Eschenbach Nomination To Head FDA Already Mired In “Plan B” Politics

This article was originally published in The Gray Sheet

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No sooner did President Bush nominate Acting FDA Commissioner Andrew von Eschenbach March 15 to permanently head the agency than Sens. Hillary Clinton (D-N.Y.) and Patty Murray (D-Wash.) announced they would place a hold on the nomination

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