Opinion: I hope the departure of ‘tech-savvy’ Gottlieb won’t undo progress at the FDA
Health care has a different look than it did a decade ago. @SGottliebFDA recognized the need for the agency to pivot in response to these external pressures.
We’re about to lose the most tech-savvy commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration in recent memory. At its core, the FDA is about keeping people safe. But Scott Gottlieb helped transform the agency’s top role from “custodian of safety” to “advocate of innovation” by pushing for progress and refusing to let outdated regulations stand in his way. I hope his replacement doesn’t backpedal to the agency’s more conservative past and undo the progress that he’s made.
Gottlieb, who on Tuesday, has left in his nearly two-year stint at the agency. Under his forward-looking direction, the FDA has proposed several frameworks to streamline health care’s adoption of new technologies and has even received industry
