FDA commissioner search
This article was originally published in The Rose Sheet
Executive Summary
Formal background check has been initiated for University of New Mexico VP-Health Sciences Jane Henney, MD, indicating she has passed the final level of review at the White House. Henney is understood to have support in the Senate from Sen. Edward Kennedy (D-Mass.). She has been rumored to be the Administration's top choice for commissioner since October. Henney would succeed Lead Deputy Commissioner Michael Friedman, MD, who has been acting director of the agency since David Kessler, MD, left the agency to become Yale's medical school dean a year ago...