Pink Sheet Executive Editor Derrick Gingery, Senior Writer Sarah Karlin-Smith and Editor-in-Chief Nielsen Hobbs break down the pending retirement of Center for Drug Evaluation and Research Director Richard Pazdur and appointment of Tracy Beth Høeg as the interim replacement (4:51), including the potential impact on sponsors (15:46). They also discuss whether Høeg will take time to learn CDER operations before making changes (19:38), as well as the possibility of yet another CDER director being hired in the coming weeks or months (23:18).

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