Monica Bertagnolli reaches an agreement with Warren for a spot without a permanent director since December 2021
Sen. Warren now plans to support Monica Bertagnolli’s nomination for NIH director if it comes up for a vote, following weeks of discussions over the parameters of ethics concessions. | Francis Chung/POLITICOPresident Joe Biden’s pick to run the National Institutes of Health has agreed to a pair of major ethics demands made by Sen. Elizabeth Warren to help jumpstart her stalled candidacy for the top medical research job.
“I share your commitment to restoring public trust in government and, if confirmed, it will be a priority of mine as NIH Director,” Bertagnolli wrote in the letter to Warren. that the White House take greater unilateral action to cut drug prices. The senator has vowed to oppose all of the administration’s health nominees until those demands are met, even if it means forcing agencies like the NIH to go without a permanent leader.
Yet, Sanders has refused to back down ahead of the Senate’s return next week, raising questions as to whether Bertagnolli can be confirmed before the end of the year. The NIH has now been without a permanent director since December 2021. Warren has made it a practice to push Biden nominees to adopt stronger ethical standards, in a bid to address the “revolving door” between government agencies and the industries that they supervise.from Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Robert Califf not to seek employment or compensation from pharmaceutical or medical device companies he interacts with at the agency for four years after leaving government.
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