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Jun 17, 2021 · David Kessler, who graduated from the Law School in 1978 and from Harvard Medical School in 1979, has made a difference in Americans’ health throughout his career. Among other things, he led the US Food and Drug Administration for more than six years, served as the dean of two major medical schools, and has authored best-selling books about health. Last year, he was the principal adviser to ...
Jan 5, 1997 · BIDDING ADIEU: David Kessler, who headed FDA for more than six years, says he is pleased with his record. When David Kessler, the commissioner of the federal Food and Drug Administration (FDA), announced his resignation in late November, many people were surprised. The controversial FDA head was in the middle of waging war against the United States tobacco industry when he decided to step down ...
Oct 24, 2023 · Commissioner David Kessler (1991-1994). During her tenure at the FDA she not only stood up ... After leaving FDA in late-1996, Dr. Merkatz served as Director of Women’s Health at Pfizer, Inc ...
Feb 13, 1997 · Media Contact. Tom Conroy: tom.conroy@yale.edu, 203-432-1345. President Richard C. Levin announced today that David A. Kessler, the Commissioner of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, will become dean of the Yale University School of Medicine, effective July 1, 1997.
Jan 13, 2023 · Reuters. (Reuters) - David Kessler, who led the COVID-19 vaccine distribution efforts for the United States, is stepping down from President Joe Biden's administration, the Department of Health and Human Services confirmed on Friday. Kessler, a pediatrician and lawyer who headed the U.S. Food and Drug Administration under presidents George H.W ...
David A. Kessler was appointed chief of the Food and Drug Administration by the elder George Bush in 1990, and remained in that office until 1997, when he left to become dean of the Yale Medical School. While at the FDA he conducted crusades for nutritional labeling and against tobacco use that are the subject of this book.
Kessler is also known for his role in the FDA's attempt to regulate cigarettes, which resulted in the FDA v. Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corp. case. The Supreme Court ultimately ruled that the FDA did not have the power to enact and enforce the regulations in question. He was awarded the Public Health Hero award on April 2, 2008 by the UC ...