Jamie Ravitz discusses the challenges facing the next FDA commissioner on The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton

In a recent interview on Federal News Network’s The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton, Jamie Ravitz, head of McDermott’s FDA practice, discussed the challenges awaiting the next FDA commissioner.

Jamie explained that one of the hardest tasks for any commissioner is translating an administration’s policy priorities into consistent, evidence-based decisions that the agency’s career scientists and regulators can carry out. He pointed to pending issues like vaccines, mifepristone, peptides, clinical trial reform, and AI-enabled medical products, and discussed how the new commissioner must work to balance speed to market against safety and cost.