Dr. Scott Gottlieb, the commissioner of the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA), is resigning.

According to a report from the Washington Post, Gottlieb resigned earlier today and will officially leave his post in about a month, he was confirmed in May 2017. Prior to his tenure at FDA, Gottlieb was a physician and venture capitalist with a wide range of investments, including in Kure, an e-cigarette company.   On the cigar side, Gottlieb opened the door to the agency revaluating its cigar rules, highlighting it as a priority for the agency in late 2017. Last year, FDA sought comment as to whether it should reevaluate premium cigars as part of an Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPRM).   www.halfwheel.com

SIX PARTING THOUGHTS ON SCOTT GOTTLIEB’S RESIGNATION and FDA.  Written by Charlie Minato, editor of Halfwheel.  Complete article here:            I wasn’t planning on doing this explainer type post, but given that I keep receiving text messages and emails about the subject, here we are. On Tuesday, Dr. Scott Gottlieb, the commissioner of the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA), resigned. His departure has been described as unexpected, surprising and, by this article, abrupt.    It brings to an end a nearly two-year tenure of someone who was criticized for having heavy ties to the industry he was supposed to regulate, yet many in the cigar industry feel like Gottlieb didn’t do anything, let alone enough, as far as pro-business moves in their fight with the agency. 

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