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STAT+: How a young doctor rose from rural New Mexico to FDA commissioner nominee
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What to know about Dr. Heidi Overton, Trump's pick to run the FDA, including her medical background and career trajectory.
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STAT+: Nominee to lead FDA aims to speed up medical research, combat China’s rise ↗ (opens STAT)Published
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Exclusive: Heidi Overton plans to tell senators she will speed up biomedical research, working with FDA staff.
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STAT+: How a young doctor rose from rural New Mexico to FDA commissioner nominee ↗ (opens STAT)Published
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What to know about Dr. Heidi Overton, Trump's pick to run the FDA, including her medical background and career trajectory.
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STAT+: Pharmalittle: We’re reading about the FDA commissioner nominee, a Lilly partnership in China, and more ↗ (opens STAT)Published
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During a Senate hearing today, Heidi Overton, the nominee to lead the FDA, plans to emphasize the need for speed and efficiency to compete with China
