Gottlieb: FDA Would Be Subject To More White House Control Under A Second Trump Term

The former commissioner warned that the FDA likely would get very different treatment under a second Trump term than it got under a first. Gottlieb also discussed the need for legislation to help advance ‘n of 1’ drug regulation and how to communicate uncertainty in a wide-ranging interview.

Former FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb is interviewed at a 1 February Friends of Cancer Research Event
Former FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb was interviewed 1 February at a Friends of Cancer Research diagnostic policy event. • Source: Friends of Cancer Research/YouTube

The US Food and Drug Administration under a “Trump 2.0” is unlikely to be given the same independence from White House oversight that it enjoyed during Donald Trump’s initial term as president, said Scott Gottlieb, Trump’s first FDA commissioner.

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