The Food and Drug Administration on Monday named a longtime pharmaceutical executive to run the agency’s drug program, the latest in a string of leadership changes at the agency. FDA Commissioner Marty Makary announced that Dr.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration named ex-biotech exec George Tidmarsh as its chief drug regulator. FDA Commissioner Marty Makary called Tidmarsh an "accomplished physician-scientist and leader."

Food and Drug Administration commissioner Marty Makary has chosen former biotech executive George Tidmarsh as the agency’s top drug regulator, the agency confirmed Monday.