Drug Regulation

The FDA appointed Dr. Tracy Beth Høeg acting director of its Center for Drug Evaluation and Research on Wednesday after Richard Pazdur resigned three weeks into the post. Multiple senior FDA officials told CBS News the move could politicize a science-focused office that oversees U.S. drug approvals and supply, noting Høeg has advised vaccine policy and helped draft a recent internal memo alleging pediatric COVID‑vaccine deaths that drew rebukes from former FDA leaders in the New England Journal of Medicine.