Robert Califf aces Senate floor vote and takes the FDA commissioner job
Despite an intense flurry of pushback, the U.S. Senate voted Wednesday to confirm cardiologist Robert Califf as the next Commissioner of the FDA. The Senate had passed a procedural vote two days prior; however, several Senators had held up the final vote the following day in an effort to push the Agency to be more engaged in its review of opioid analgesics.