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Episode Synopsis
Pink Sheet reporter and editors, and guest Michael McCaughan of Prevision Policy, continue the discussion of Donald Trump’s potential impact on the FDA, including how Robert F. Kennedy Jr. could change the agency as head of HHS (:37), whether lasting changes are coming to the FDA (13:00), and Commissioner Robert Califf’s request that industry help preserve the agency status quo (18:18).
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