WASHINGTON — Nearly everyone here expected President Biden to move with record speed to nominate someone to lead the Food and Drug Administration.
As the coronavirus pandemic raged, lobbyists, patient advocates and public health experts hypothesized the position would be one of the earlier picks. Biden nominated Xavier Becerra to lead the health department, for example, in December, before his picks for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and assistant secretary for health.
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Biden probably put the job out for bids and he is now sorting through the various payoffs.
Biden is a fool. He seems to value politics more than substance. He won’t find a candidate better than Janet Woodcock.
Janet’s got a lot of tenure with the agency, but she tarnished her brand by advocating for Sarepta’s drug exonydys 51 when the data and the FDA’s own advisory council indicated there was negligible or no benefit to the drug. Follow the money.