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Tracy Beth Hoeg has reportedly been fired from her position as the FDA’s lead drug evaluator. Photo by: Megan Varner/Bloomberg via Getty Images.
After just six months at the helm of the US Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA’s) drug evaluation centre, Tracy Beth Høeg has reportedly been ousted from her position – further deepening the void at the agency left by the departure of several members of senior management.
In an interview with the New York Times, Høeg, a sports physician and epidemiologist by training, said that she was fired from the agency after she refused to resign, and that she is unaware who or where the decision came from. Høeg was the fifth person to take the helm at the Centre for Drug Evaluation and Research (CDER) since US President Donald Trump began his second term in office 15 months ago. Discover B2B Marketing That Performs
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