STAT+: Watch: At JPM, former drug regulator Richard Pazdur rings the alarm about politics at FDA
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Richard Pazdur, a veteran regulator at the Food and Drug Administration until last month<\/a>, joined STAT in San Francisco on Monday evening to make his first public remarks about the circumstances leading up to his abrupt departure.<\/p>\n At an event held alongside the J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference, Pazdur expressed grave concern<\/a> about a disappearing firewall between political appointees and drug reviewers at the agency. He also argued there is not enough transparency around a new voucher program<\/a> that grants accelerated review to certain drugs selected by Trump administration officials.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s terrible to see 25 years of work dismantled,\u201d Pazdur, who founded the FDA\u2019s oncology center, told STAT\u2019s Matthew Herper. He later added, \u201cI did not leave because I wanted to leave.\u201d<\/p>\n Watch the full session below.<\/p>\n Continue to STAT+ to read the full story\u2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n