FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb was an outlier in the Trump administration, with an activist agenda touching everything from medical device regulation to youth smoking. His departure puts it all in jeopardy
FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb was an outlier in the Trump administration, with an activist agenda touching everything from medical device regulation to youth smoking."Legacies are hard to measure at this point, even if the next commissioner shares Dr. Gottlieb's agenda," said Steven Grossman, a health policy consultant specializing in FDA matters. "Whoever comes next is going to be far more dependent than Dr. Gottlieb on the priorities set by HHS and the White House.
"We've developed very firm administrative records to support what we're doing and the other thing is, we built consensus," Gottlieb told POLITICO in an interview. "We did the hard work to get political consensus, not just broadly across Capitol Hill but within the administration. We went through the hard process of policymaking and we did it in an open and transparent fashion."Get the latest on the health care fight, every weekday morning — in your inbox.
his tobacco agenda, including curbing e-cigarettes sales and restricting flavored vapors, before leaving about a month from now. The agency continues to work out other regulatory questions, such as how to regulate meats grown from cells to make sausages, chicken nuggets and other products. Gottlieb repeatedly denied that his departure was connected to any policy disputes with others in the administration.
Areas like cannabis or dietary supplements "where there isn't really sort of that political constituency yet or an established program ... I think that's where strong leadership and thoughtful leadership at the top really make a difference. Those are the spaces to watch," he said.
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