Donald Trump to tap Scott Gottlieb to head FDA - White House official

Scott Gottlieb is seen in an American Enterprise Institute photo released March 10, 2017. PHOTO: REUTERS

WASHINGTON (REUTERS) - US President Donald Trump plans to nominate Dr Scott Gottlieb, a physician and conservative health policy expert, to head the US Food and Drug Administration, a White House official confirmed on Friday (March 10).

Gottlieb, 44, is a resident fellow at the conservative American Enterprise Institute think-tank and a partner at a large venture capital fund.

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