Patrizia Cavazzoni
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The FDA official overseeing drug approvals went straight to a top job at Pfizer — and the FDA keeps no record of it.
Who they are
Patrizia Cavazzoni, director of the FDA's Center for Drug Evaluation and Research (CDER).
What they do
She's a documented case of the 'revolving door' between drug regulators and the industry they regulate.
How it works
She left the FDA and became chief medical officer at Pfizer; the desc notes the FDA keeps no records of where employees go afterward and requires no formal clearance before they take industry jobs.
Why it matters
The desc uses her as concrete evidence of how easily regulators move into the companies they were policing, with no tracking to check it.
The engine's record — word for word
Director of FDA Center for Drug Evaluation and Research (CDER). Left FDA → became chief medical officer at Pfizer. Documented revolving-door instance. The FDA explicitly keeps no records of where employees go after leaving government service + does not require formal clearance process before taking industry jobs.
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