In the drape measuring department there has been a lot of chatter and speculation about who will do what to the FDA if Obama gets elected, which in my mind is still not a given.
However rumor has it that Rosa DeLauro, who has been stonewalling on the funding for the Reagan Udall Critical Path Institute, has been asked to write the transition plan for the Department of HHS by the Obama camp. I can only imagine what that has in store for FDA given her Stone Age view of "Industry involvement = biomarkers = unsafe drugs".
As for names floating around to replace Andy von Eschenbach....How does FDA Commissioner David Graham sound? When I heard this from a contact who told me that Graham was mentioned not once but three times, I nearly choked on my supply of Vioxx. A Graham nomination would trigger mass resignations and protests at FDA and would send a signal that Obama or whoever he appointed at HHS was clearly in the pocket of the trial attorneys and drug safety nuts....
And speaking of suck-ups in pursuit of power...
Airdate: 10/1 - Health care policies
11AM Case Western University Cardiovascular Medicine Chair Dr. Steven Nissen, M.D. for Obama-Biden
Nissen has also given Obama about $3300 in campaign contributions in 2008
However rumor has it that Rosa DeLauro, who has been stonewalling on the funding for the Reagan Udall Critical Path Institute, has been asked to write the transition plan for the Department of HHS by the Obama camp. I can only imagine what that has in store for FDA given her Stone Age view of "Industry involvement = biomarkers = unsafe drugs".
As for names floating around to replace Andy von Eschenbach....How does FDA Commissioner David Graham sound? When I heard this from a contact who told me that Graham was mentioned not once but three times, I nearly choked on my supply of Vioxx. A Graham nomination would trigger mass resignations and protests at FDA and would send a signal that Obama or whoever he appointed at HHS was clearly in the pocket of the trial attorneys and drug safety nuts....
And speaking of suck-ups in pursuit of power...
Airdate: 10/1 - Health care policies
11AM Case Western University Cardiovascular Medicine Chair Dr. Steven Nissen, M.D. for Obama-Biden
Nissen has also given Obama about $3300 in campaign contributions in 2008
