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Food and Drug Administration

US GOVERNMENT OFFICE

The US Food & Drug Administration is responsible for overseeing the purity of food and the safety and effectiveness of medicines. Part of the Department of Health and Human Services. See also FDA Commissioner.

Name Occupation Birth Death Known for

David W. K. Acheson Government ? Food Safety Czar

Michael A. Friedman Doctor c. 1944 Oncologist, City of Hope

David Hager Doctor c. 1946 Gynecologist, conservative activist

Jane E. Henney Doctor c. 1947 FDA Commissioner, 1998-2001

Raymond Pearl Biologist 3-Jun-1879 17-Nov-1940 Biogerontology

Cecil B. Pickett Biologist c. 1949 President of R&D, Biogen Idec

Jeffrey Wigand Scientist 17-Dec-1942 Tobacco industry whistleblower

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