Is Alex Azar yearning to get out of Scott Gottlieb’s shadow? - STAT

Is Alex Azar yearning to get out of Scott Gottlieb’s shadow? - STAT

STAT Plus: The FDA commissioner sweepstakes: Is Azar yearning to get out of Gottlieb’s shadow?

By ED SILVERMAN

KATHY YOUNG/AP

Rather than go with Ned Sharpless, a respectable but hardly flashy, choice, the White House appears to prefer a lesser-known radiation oncologist.

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