Dr. Steve Nissen for head of the FDA?

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According to Mike Huckman of CNBC, he is a leading candidate.

Woohoo!!!

http://www.cnn.com/2005/HEALTH/11/01/profile.cardiologist.nissen/index.html

CLEVELAND, Ohio (MedPage Today) -- As Dr. Steven E. Nissen methodically ticks off the risks of what seemed like a highly promising experimental diabetes drug -- heart attacks, strokes, and death -- he is completely in his element.

As director of the cardiovascular coordinating center at the Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Nissen fills roles as full-time mainstream heart doctor, nationally respected researcher and occasional whistleblower.

His whistle-blowing has been loud, shrill and effective. This latest experimental diabetes drug is no exception.

A glimpse into his background explains a lot. As an undergraduate during the turbulent 1960s at the University of Michigan, he was "on the eight-year plan," a long road to graduation, with a minor in the antiwar movement.

[BrklynLiberal]

1. Sounds perfect.

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2. Wall Street Journal has someone different

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x3641674

He also is not loved by Big Pharma.

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[mopinko]

4. so, is he left enough??

i think that all the hawks were picked for the hawky jobs, and it's all cranks and old hippies from here on in.