FDA Commissioner Henney
This article was originally published in The Rose Sheet
Executive Summary
Official swearing-in ceremony will take place Dec. 15 at the White House. Vice President Al Gore and Health & Human Services Secretary Donna Shalala are expected to attend. In a brief introductory address to the agency on Nov. 30, Henney's first official day on the job, the commissioner stated that agency priorities will implement the "letter and spirit" of the FDA Modernization Act and strengthen the scientific base of the agency's decision-making procedures. Henney complimented staffers for the work done under Acting Commissioner Michael Friedman, MD, noting that "many things have been accomplished" in the interim administration