Michael Hiltzik: Scott Gottlieb, who won praise for trying to do his regulatory job, is quitting the FDA
by Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times
Mar 06, 2019
3 minutes
It's perhaps inevitable that a federal regulator who has acquired a reputation for doing his job effectively will be a short-timer in the Trump administration. That's the case with Scott Gottlieb, who on Tuesday announced that he will leave his post as head of the Food and Drug Administration next month.
Gottlieb, 46, will have lasted less than two years as FDA commissioner. Beyond saying that he wished to spend more
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