Article: Crawford's Exit Leads To von Eschenbach As FDA Head.

Washington Editor

WASHINGTON - A surprising departure atop the FDA has Lester Crawford out as commissioner, just two months after he received Senate confirmation to permanently lead the agency, and some of his critics looking toward a fresh course at the government regulatory agency.

"The opportunity to name a new commissioner is a chance to take the agency in a necessary new direction," Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) said in a statement. The chairman of the Committee on Finance, he has conducted FDA oversight during Crawford's tenure atop the agency and criticized a "too-cozy relationship with the pharmaceutical industry and an attitude of shielding ...

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