FDA Commissioner Hahn’s Priorities Include Workplace Development Issues, Data Collection
Executive Summary
Among Stephen Hahn’s priorities and long-term ambitions for his time at the US agency are retaining and recruiting the best possible professional staff, and collection and use of data, regulatory consultants and attorneys say.
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