Person
David Kessler
FDA Commissioner in the early and mid-1990s.
Connections 3
head of
- U.S. Food and Drug Administration 1992 Commissioner Primary record 1
- U.S. Food and Drug Administration 1995 Commissioner Scholarship & press 2
involved in
- FDA approval of OxyContin (1995) commissioner at the time; says he was not involved in the approval Scholarship & press 2
Timeline 2 dates
- 1992 David Kessler head of U.S. Food and Drug Administration
- 1995 David Kessler head of U.S. Food and Drug Administration
Proof 2 sources
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Prescription Drug User Fee Act (PDUFA): 2017 Reauthorization as PDUFA VI (R44864), Congressional Research Service, 8 Jun 2017.
Primary record
then FDA commissioner David Kessler worked out an arrangement that met two industry demands
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The Family That Built an Empire of Pain, The New Yorker, 23 Oct 2017.
Scholarship & press
David Kessler, who ran the F.D.A. at the time, told me that he was “not involved in the approval.”
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