The FDA appoints Peter Lurie, a major critic, to its Office of Policy. Peter Lurie, a doctor and researcher who has harshly criticized the Food and Drug Administration as one of the leaders of the consumer watchdog Public Citizen, has been appointed to a position at the FDA as a policy advisor.
His appointment is the latest sign of change at the regulator under its new chief, Margaret Hamburg, who has said she is trying to move the FDA more toward being an arbiter of public health, not just an agency that makes yea or nay decisions about specific products.
