A Conversation with Margaret A. Hamburg, FDA Commissioner 2009-2015
Description
The Petrie-Flom Center hosted a conversation with former FDA Commissioner (and former New York City Health Commissioner), Dr. Margaret A. Hamburg, led by Peter Barton Hutt, former Chief Counsel to FDA and current Senior Counsel at Covington & Burling LLP and Lecturer on Law at HLS. Topics discussed included FDA’s role and the changing scientific, legal, political, and economic landscape; the overlap of science, innovation, and cost regarding biomedical products; food safety and nutrition; challenges of globalization; and more.
Speakers
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Margaret A. Hamburg, Commissioner of the U. S. Food and Drug Administration, 2009-2015
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Peter Barton Hutt, Covington & Burling and Harvard Law School
Registration
This event was free and open to the public.
Sponsored by the Petrie-Flom Center for Health Law Policy, Biotechnology, and Bioethics at Harvard Law School and the Center for Bioethics at Harvard Medical School, with support from the Oswald DeN. Cammann Fund.
Videos
VIDEO: Introduction by I. Glenn Cohen (Petrie-Flom Faculty Director)
VIDEO: Conversation between Peter Barton Hutt and Margaret Hamburg
Tags
clinical research fda food health law policy innovation market medical safety pharmaceuticals public health regulation