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FDA chief resigns without warning
BMJ 2005; 331 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.331.7519.713 (Published 29 September 2005) Cite this as: BMJ 2005;331:713- Janice Hopkins Tanne
- New York
After only two months as commissioner, but 30 years at the organisation, Lester Crawford, head of the Food and Drug Administration, abruptly resigned last Friday. He sent an email message to FDA staff members saying, “It is time, at the age of 67, to step aside.”
President Bush immediately named Andrew von Eschenbach, director of the National Cancer Institute, as temporary commissioner. Dr von Eschenbach said he would continue to hold both jobs.
The New York Times this week reported an anonymous government official as claiming that Dr Crawford's resignation was related to the fact …