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Three finalists emerge to lead FDA
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White House aide Heidi Overton, oncologist Jeffrey Vacirca and senior Pentagon health official Stephen Ferrara are all in the running to be the next FDA commissioner, sources tell Axios.
Key facts
- White House aide Heidi Overton, oncologist Jeffrey Vacirca and senior Pentagon health official Stephen Ferrara are all in the running to be the next FDA commissioner, sources tell Axios
- The agency is moving to repair its relationship with industry and rehire critical staff since the departure of former commissioner Marty Makary
- Ferrara, now the Pentagon's principal deputy assistant secretary for health affairs, has not been previously reported
Summary
The agency is moving to repair its relationship with industry and rehire critical staff since the departure of former commissioner Marty Makary. The three finalists are now being vetted. Overton is currently deputy director of the White House Domestic Policy Council, and before that was at the America First Policy Institute. Vacirca is CEO of the Board of New York Cancer & Blood Specialists, and is past president of the Community Oncology Alliance.