STAT+: Jeff Shuren stabilized the FDA’s medical devices center, winning over industry but not all patients

STAT August 6, 2024
Lizzy Lawrence

Retirements from the Food and Drug Administration are hardly shocking, especially in the wake of pandemic burnout. But when longtime medical device director Jeff Shuren announced his departure in July, the device world was stunned. Industry leaders, patient advocates, and FDA colleagues alike had grown accustomed to the ambitious, politically-savvy regulator.

“It’s sort of hard to imagine the FDA without him,” said Yale cardiologist and health...

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