CNBC April 11, 2023
Key Points
– In an interview with CNBC, Dr. Robert Califf said better regulation is needed to combat health misinformation that’s rampant online.
– He also said the agency, though it has no direct role in drug pricing, will use its bully pulpit more.
– New obesity drugs bring “great hope,” Califf said, but need more data.
Life expectancy in the U.S. is between three and five years lower than the average in other high-income countries — and the gap comes in part from misinformation, Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Dr. Robert Califf said.
“It’s looking worse, not better, over the last several years,” Califf told CNBC in an interview Thursday at the agency’s headquarters in Silver Spring, Maryland.
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