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Sharfstein to leave spot at FDA

FDA Deputy Commissioner Joshua Sharfstein is leaving the agency and taking the top public-health job for the state of Maryland. Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley intends to make the official announcement

Sharfstein leaving post at FDA

FDA Deputy Commissioner Joshua Sharfstein is reportedly leaving the agency and taking the top public-health job for the state of Maryland, according to sources cited by the Wall Street Journal.

J&J plant report heightens QC questions

During the congressional hearings about Johnson & Johnson's ( NYSE: J&J ) huge children's drug recall back in June, FDA Deputy Commissioner Joshua Sharfstein cited a "pattern of noncompliance"

FDA chiefs: We're for public health

Your new FDA commissioner wants new metrics. Dr. Margaret "Peggy" Hamburg ( photo ) wrote in a New England Journal of Medicine editorial that the agency's success shouldn't be measured by the number of

Ex-NEJM chief has tasks for the new FDA

Joshua Sharfstein has his marching orders--from Dr. Marcia Angell, former New England Journal of Medicine editor-in-chief and current Harvard Medical School lecturer. In a Washington Post column,

Pharma types 'nervous' about Sharfstein

For months we've been speculating and wondering about President Obama's FDA picks. Now that we know who they are--Margaret Hamburg as commish, Joshua Sharfstein ( photo ) as chief deputy--what's the

Obama FDA picks raise some hackles

President Obama used his weekly address to appoint the regulatory duo we've been expecting for more than a week: Margaret "Peggy" Hamburg ( photo ) as PDA commissioner and Joshua Sharfstein ( photo ) as

Obama taps Hamburg as new FDA chief

As expected, President Barack Obama named former New York health commissioner Margaret Hamburg ( photo ) as the new head of the FDA. And he picked Baltimore health commissioner Joshua Sharfstein (

Fleshing out new FDA leadership

Want to know more about Margaret "Peggy" Hamburg ( photo ), your presumptive FDA commissioner? Wall Street Journal Health Blog has a quick bio, and Time has compiled an executive summary of facts and

Hamburg chosen as FDA chief, Sharfstein as deputy

The Obama administration is going outside the FDA for its new leaders. Obama has settled on former New York health commissioner Margaret A. Hamburg ( photo ) as the new head of the FDA, sources tell