The US Senate has confirmed Dr. Stephen Hahn to be the next commissioner of the US Food and Drug Administration
Hahn, 59, is a well-known radiation oncology expert and is the current chief medical executive of The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, where has been a professor of radiation oncology since January 2015. Dr. Stephen Hahn nominated to be next FDA commissioner"Dr.
Hahn follows former FDA Commissioner Dr. Scott Gottlieb, who stepped down on April 5. Dr. Ned Sharpless was acting commissioner until November 1, after which he returned to his role as the director of the National Cancer Institute. Dr. Brett Giroir, the assistant secretary for health at the US Department of Health and Human Services, led the FDA while the Senate considered Hahn's nomination.CNN's Jamie Gumbrecht, Michael Nedelman and Jen Christensen contributed to this report.
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