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Top FDA drug regulator to retire, adding to long list of agency departures

The top drug regulator at the Food and Drug Administration announced Wednesday that she’s retiring in July. Her departure is the latest in a series of top leaders leaving the FDA since President Trump took office.

Lizzy Lawrence, FDA reporter at STAT, joins us to discuss.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

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