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...departure of Commissioner Lester Crawford just two months after his confirmation. (The Senate is investigating a possible failure to disclose financial interests.) Von Eschenbach, a Texas urologist with close ties to the Bush family, has no regulatory experience. Plus, he's already fully engaged. He has headed the National Cancer Institute (NCI) since 2002. The plan: have him do both jobs...
...likable, can-do surgeon and two-time cancer survivor is known for taking on outsize tasks, reflected best in his controversial vow to "end suffering and death due to cancer" by 2015. In a letter to the heads of major U.S. cancer centers, he talked up the virtue of having the FDA and NCI "work together" to smooth the path from lab bench to bedside...
...conflict of interest. NCI supports research on treatments reviewed by the FDA. "How can you wear both hats and be true to the missions of both organizations?" asks Merrill Goozner of the Center for Science in the Public Interest. Von Eschenbach also sits on the board of a nonprofit cancer advocacy group called C-Change--along with execs from major drug firms...
...time Grammy winner and high-profile breast-cancer survivor Melissa Etheridge releases her new album and DVD set, Greatest Hits: The Road Less Traveled, this week...
Before, I felt like I hadn't reached the place that I needed to be. After Lucky [in 2004], I felt, I can do it now. I felt like this is a nice place to put a stake in. It was kind of fortuitous that the cancer diagnosis came [when it did]--it made it even more of a milestone...