David A. Kessler

David A. Kessler

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Kessler was the commissioner of the [[Food and Drug Administration]] (FDA) from 8 November 1990 to 28 February 1997. He co-chaired the Biden-Harris transition's [[COVID-19 Advisory Board]] from November 2020 to January 2021 and headed [[Operation Warp Speed]], the U.S. government program to accelerate the development of [[COVID-19]] vaccines and other treatments, from January to February 2021.{{cite news|url=https://www.cnn.com/2020/11/09/politics/biden-coronavirus-advisers-experts-rick-bright/index.html|title=Biden transition team announces coronavirus advisers, including whistleblower Rick Bright|last=Mucha|first=Sarah|date=November 9, 2020|work=CNN|access-date=9 November 2020}} {{Cite news|last=Kaplan|first=Sheila|date=January 15, 2021|title=Biden Picks Former F.D.A. Chief to Lead Federal Vaccine Efforts|work=[[New York Times]]|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/15/health/covid-vaccine-kessler.html?action=click&module=Top%20Stories&pgtype=Homepage|access-date=January 15, 2021}}
Kessler was the commissioner of the [[Food and Drug Administration]] (FDA) from 8 November 1990 to 28 February 1997. He co-chaired the Biden-Harris transition's [[COVID-19 Advisory Board]] from November 2020 to January 2021 and headed [[Operation Warp Speed]], the U.S. government program to accelerate the development of [[COVID-19]] vaccines and other treatments, from January to February 2021.{{cite news|url=https://www.cnn.com/2020/11/09/politics/biden-coronavirus-advisers-experts-rick-bright/index.html|title=Biden transition team announces coronavirus advisers, including whistleblower Rick Bright|last=Mucha|first=Sarah|date=November 9, 2020|work=CNN|access-date=9 November 2020}} {{Cite news|last=Kaplan|first=Sheila|date=January 15, 2021|title=Biden Picks Former F.D.A. Chief to Lead Federal Vaccine Efforts|work=[[New York Times]]|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/15/health/covid-vaccine-kessler.html?action=click&module=Top%20Stories&pgtype=Homepage|access-date=January 15, 2021}}
Was in charge of fda when the approval of the opioid drug oxytocin that became one of the biggest opiod crisis in the United States during the 1990s.


==Background==
==Background==