NEW FDA CHIEF VOWS TO PUT SCIENCE FIRST

The new director of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration,Dr.Jane Henney,
promised Tuesday to strengthen the science base of an agency criticized in
recent years for bowing to industry pressure.

The cancer specialist, speaking publicly for the first time since taking
over as head of the FDA, promised to put the agency at the "top of the
science game."

"I believe that the discipline of science and a scientific approach must
ground our decision-making." she told an audience that included several
hundred FDA medical officers at the agency's annual science forum in
Washington.

"We must apply scientific principles to product reviews." she added.

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