Inside STAT: How Ned Sharpless vaulted to the top of the FDA

Every week for almost the past two years, NCI Director Ned Sharpless has gone 7 miles out of his way to play pick-up basketball with staff at the FDA. Now, as the incoming acting commissioner of the agency, he’ll be spending much more time there. STAT’s Lev Facher and Kate Sheridan have tracked Sharpless’ path to the top of one of the Trump administration’s most stable federal agencies — from his academic accomplishments to the two biotech companies he co-founded. Read more here.