MedTech Dive October 22, 2024
Elise Reuter

Michelle Tarver, who will officially replace longtime CDRH leader Jeff Shuren, emphasized the agency’s focus on patients in comments last week.

The Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday named Michelle Tarver as the permanent director of the agency’s device center, first reported by Stat and confirmed by MedTech Dive.

Tarver was appointed as acting director of the Center for Devices and Radiological Health in July, when longtime leader Jeff Shuren stepped down.

FDA Commissioner Robert Califf emphasized Tarver’s “passion about data, science, medicine, and the evidence” and work to build collaboration and transparency at the agency, in an email to staff announcing the new director’s appointment viewed by MedTech Dive.

“As someone who has served the FDA for...

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