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Gideon Blumenthal named acting deputy director of FDA Office of Hematology & Oncology Products

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Gideon Blumenthal has been appointed acting deputy office director of the Office of Hematology and Oncology Products at FDA. Blumenthal is a medical oncologist and serves as the associate director of precision therapeutics in OHOP. The appointment was announced by Richard Pazdur, director of the Oncology Center of Excellence and OHOP acting director. Blumenthal previously...

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