Immortalizing Janet Woodcock

Offering a regulatory Mt. Rushmore to place the outgoing principal deputy commissioner in historical context.

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Which FDA staffers would you carve in stone? • Source: Nielsen Hobbs; the Pink Sheet | Images from Shutterstock, FDA and Getty

What more can you say about Janet Woodcock? The US Food and Drug Administration’s principal deputy commissioner, who will soon be retiring after 37 extraordinary years at the agency, has meant so much to the agency and industry that it can seem hard to find the words to express our sentiments. Woodcock’s departure isn’t exactly a wedding or a funeral, but it remains a very emotional life event for many in the pharmaceutical family.

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