NCI is increasing the R01 payline to the 12th percentile in fiscal year 2023, up from the 11th percentile in FY22—bringing the institute’s payline to a level not seen since 2010.
Rick Pazdur, MD, the newly appointed director for the Center for Drug Evaluation and Research at the FDA, has been described as “greyhound thin” as a result of his dedication to cycling and lifting weights in the gym each day and, for a long time, a vegetarian diet. I first met him when he was the director of the Office of Oncology Drug Products (ODP) within CDER, in 2009.
