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WASHINGTON — The Food and Drug Administration removed the longtime director of the office of over-the-counter drugs from her position on Wednesday, six agency sources told STAT.
Theresa Michele, director of the Office of Nonprescription Drugs, has worked at the FDA since at least 2015. She told staff in an internal meeting on Wednesday afternoon that the agency’s human resources office was transferring her to a leadership position in the FDA’s medical devices center effective Thursday.
Michele did not immediately provide a comment. An HHS official confirmed Michele’s transfer and said the agency wants to make the office more focused on affordability under Makary’s leadership.
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