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Robert Califf confirmed as new FDA head

After 4 months of delay, the U.S. Senate today approved cardiologist and clinical trialist Robert Califf, President Obama’s pick to head the Food and Drug Administration (FDA).

Califf, whom critics have labeled an industry insider for his role overseeing large company-funded trials at Duke University Medical Center in Durham, North Carolina, will take the helm as the agency faces pressure from Congress to speed the approval of medical products to patients.