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Margaret Hamburg to Head FDA

posted by wowOwow | The Women on the Web
Thursday, March 12, 2009 at 9:06pm CDT

Former NYC health commissioner Margaret A. Hamburg will reportedly take over the FDAObama Administration | Today 2:40 pm

The Obama administration won’t comment, but news reports claim that Margaret A. Hamburg has been picked to head the Food and Drug Administration.

Hamburg, New York City’s former health commissioner (1991 to 1997), will face quite the task when asked to clean up the $2 billion agency. The FDA has failed in recent months to prevent a salmonella outbreak among peanut products and to properly monitor products coming in from abroad. Hamburg had no comment on her potential nomination, which would be subject to Congressional approval.

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