Dr. George Tidmarsh has been selected to replace Dr. Jacqueline Corrigan-Curay as the director of the Center for Drug Evaluation and Research (CDER) at FDA as she prepares to retire from the agency. Dr. Tidmarsh is an adjunct professor of pediatrics and neonatology at Stanford University and is credited as having been involved in the development of several approved drugs. Until late May of this year, Dr. Tidmarsh was a member of the board of directors of Revelation Biosciences, a company engaged in developing an anti-inflammatory IV therapy. Among other roles and experiences he has had, he was a founding Co-Director of Stanford’s Master of Science in Translational Research and Applied Medicine (M-TRAM) program, and founded Horizon Pharma in 2005.
Dr. Tidmarsh to Head CDER
