The Senate overwhelmingly confirmed President Barack Obama’s nominee to be commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday despite frustration over the agency’s response to the epidemic of painkiller abuse.
The vote was 89-4 for Dr. Robert Califf, a prominent cardiologist and medical researcher at Duke University for more than 30 years and the FDA’s No.2 official.
Califf will be tasked with wrapping up many administrative initiatives at the agency, including unfinished tobacco regulations and food safety and labeling reforms.
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