Challenges Faced Across FDA Greet Mayne In First Year At CFSAN Helm
This article was originally published in The Tan Sheet
Executive Summary
Hiring and retaining researchers remains a challenge to CFSAN’s production of robust science to support its regulatory and public health mission, Director Mayne tells FDA’s Science Board. Information technology and bureaucratic hurdles also impede the center’s work.
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