by Steven A. Grossman | May 8, 2025 | Short Takes and Updates
The headline, “Dr. Prasad to succeed Peter Marks as CBER director,” spread like wildfire Tuesday night after Endpoints News broke the story. Reactions ranged from “Omigod, he’ll destroy the industry and the hopes of patients” to “no big deal, staff do the product...
by Steven A. Grossman | May 2, 2025 | Short Takes and Updates
After 50 years in Washington, I have no expectation of being told the truth by government officials—elected or appointed. I like to think I have seen it all—shading the truth, burying the truth, plausibly deniable truth, and sometimes things entirely made up and...
by Steven A. Grossman | Apr 29, 2025 | Short Takes and Updates
Several decades ago, when I was a Senate staffer, I observed that I could spend the entire Gross Domestic Product on the good ideas that people brought to us. I soon learned that lawmaking requires a substantial amount of restraint and a lot of prioritizing. Those are...
by Steven A. Grossman | Apr 25, 2025 | Short Takes and Updates
FDA’s responsibilities have not changed since January 20th. However, its capacity to carry out its duties has been meaningfully reduced by the Administration’s downsizing. We should all be able to agree on that. It has not been clear how many people still work...
by Steven A. Grossman | Apr 22, 2025 | Short Takes and Updates
Dr. Makary is a physician, healthcare quality and outcomes researcher, and self-styled iconoclast. When he accepted the Commissioner position in November 2024[1], I am sure he believed that Trump 2.0 would be a hospitable place to harness those personal attributes in...
