Califf: I'll Never Lower FDA's Approval Standards

In testimony at his Senate confirmation hearing, Califf, who came to FDA earlier this year after a long career at Duke University, where he helped found the university’s clinical research center, acknowledged that pharmaceutical companies funded many studies he oversaw. But he insisted that none of them were allowed to alter or hide the results.

And under sharp questioning from Democratic Senator Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts, Califf promised to strike the right balance between approving new drugs quickly and making sure they’re safe.