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Drug Fix: Understanding the US FDA’s CDER Leadership Shuffle

05.12.2025
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Pink Sheet Executive Editor Derrick Gingery, Senior Writer Sarah Karlin-Smith and Editor-in-Chief Nielsen Hobbs break down the pending retirement of Center for Drug Evaluation and Research Director Richard Pazdur and appointment of Tracy Beth Høeg as the interim replacement (), including the potential impact on sponsors (). They also discuss whether Høeg will take time to learn CDER operations before making changes (), as well as the possibility of yet another CDER director being hired in the coming weeks or months (). 
 
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