It’s Official: Peggy Hamburg Will Lead FDA

Published On: May 20th, 2009

Peggy Hamburg Those keeping score at home can cross one more job off the list of long-unfilled federal health positions: By a voice vote, the Senate yesterday confirmed Margaret “Peggy” Hamburg to lead the FDA.

It’s been pretty clear for a while that the Senate would greenlight Hamburg for the job; some key Republicans piped up in her favor earlier this month.

The Associated Press says her first priority will be to help oversee development of a vaccine for swine flu. But she’s also talked about increasing the agency’s focus on food safety, among other subjects.

Hamburg, who is 53 years old, is a former New York City Health Commissioner (just like Thomas Frieden, who is leaving the NYC job to run the CDC). We wrote more about Hamburg’s background in this post.

Photo: Associated Press

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It’s Official: Peggy Hamburg Will Lead FDA

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