The Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pension Committee voted 13-8 to confirm Robert Califf as the next commissioner of FDA.
Next, Califf’s candidacy goes to the full Senate.
By law, the Food and Drug Administration is required to determine whether a drug, device, biologic, or medical device is “safe and effective.” But the FDA determination does not control whether the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services will pay for it. To satisfy CMS, medical products and services must be “reasonable and necessary,” meaning...
