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Two Silicon Valley insiders meet with Trump about heading FDA

By Sheila Kaplan and Ike Swetlitz Jan. 12, 2017

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Two critics of the Food and Drug Administration met with President-elect Donald Trump Thursday to discuss running the agency.

Silicon Valley insiders Jim O’Neill and Balaji Srinivasan have both called for major agency overhauls.

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Sheila Kaplan

Senior Writer, Washington

Sheila Kaplan is a senior writer for STAT, covering the intersection of science, money, and politics.

Ike Swetlitz

Washington Correspondent

Ike is a Washington correspondent, reporting at the intersection of life science and national politics.

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