Healthcare Innovation April 30, 2019
The ex-FDA chief spoke this week at the World Health Care Congress in Washington, D.C.
In his first public speech since stepping down as Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Scott Gottlieb, M.D., discussed at the 16th annual World Health Care Congress how technologies such as electronic health records (EHRs) and artificial intelligence (AI) will open up new opportunities for the federal agency.
Dr. Gottlieb, who served as FDA commissioner from May 2017 until just recently stepping down earlier this month, reflected on his time as chief of the FDA, where he led a $5 billion agency that regulates drugs, medical devices, cosmetics, food and other consumer products.“We have a lot of new opportunities in front of us in terms of...