Why Rob Califf Running The FDA May Be Like Nixon In China

(Updated)– There’s a widespread belief that only a conservative like Nixon could have opened up US relations with China. Any attempt by a Democrat to do the same would have been political suicide, but for Nixon it was politically feasible, and today it is recognized as one of his very few untarnished genuine achievements. I want to suggest that…

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Robert Harrington Leaving Duke for Stanford University

Robert Harrington will be leaving his position as the director of the Duke Clinical Research Institute, a position he has held since 2006, to become the new chair of the department of medicine at Stanford University. Harrington was also the Richard S. Stack MD Distinguished Professor at Duke University School of Medicine. The news was publicly…

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