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16/02/2022at 08:38

US Senate confirms Biden's FDA candidate

Former FDA commissioner Robert Califf has been approved by the Senate to return to leading the agency.
Robert Califf | Photo: Gary Cameron/REUTERS / X00044
by VICTOR EMIL KRISTENSEN, translated by daniel pedersen

Robert Califf, an American cardiologist, has been chosen as the next head of the health authority in the US, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA).

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