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Article: FDA to fill more than 1,300 positions.(FDA management)(Food and Drug Administration)
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- Adverse Event Reporting News
- Article date:
- May 6, 2008
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Biologists, chemists, medical officers, mathematical statisticians and investigators are among the experts in demand as FDA begins a multi-year hiring initiative.
FDA is hiring hundreds of individuals with science and medical backgrounds to help meet the agency's responsibilities to assure the safety and/or efficacy of human and veterinary drugs, biological products, medical devices, food, cosmetics and products that emit radiation.
"It takes a large pool of talented people for the FDA to protect and promote the public health," said John Dyer, FDA's Deputy Commissioner for Operations and Chief Operating Officer. "Each month there is a delay in bringing ...