Educating Califf: Eyes opened on PDUFA, patient advocates
This article was originally published in Scrip
Executive Summary
Dr Robert Califf, the FDA's deputy commissioner of medical products and tobacco – and someone who has been widely speculated to be the next permanent chief – said his perspectives about a lot of things have changed since joining the agency this past winter after spending decades in academia.
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