Califf's nomination comes after months of the concern that the agency near the center of the government’s COVID-19 response has lacked a permanent leader.
“If addiction to opioids and misuse of opioids is an enemy, then we at the FDA — like every other part of society — underestimated the tenacity of the enemy,” Califf told The Associated Press in a 2016 interview. “So we’ve got to adjust.”
“Dr. Califf’s nomination and his significant ties to the pharmaceutical industry take us backwards not forward” said Manchin, who voted against Califf's confirmation in 2016. Califf has worked as a consultant for several major pharmaceutical companies and sits on the board of two smaller biotech companies.
FDA watchers said Califf had several key advantages over other candidates vetted for the job, several of whom would have faced more scrutiny in the Senate.
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