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FDA official says Trump’s new limits on hiring foreign scientists makes it harder to attract top talent

A top official at the FDA acknowledged the Trump administration’s restrictions on hiring foreign scientists have made it harder for the agency to attract top scientific talent.
The Food and Drug Administration campus in Silver Spring, Md.

BALTIMORE — The Trump administration’s restrictions on hiring foreign scientists are making it more difficult for the agency to attract top scientific talent, a top Food and Drug Administration official said Thursday.

“[The policy] definitely has created an additional challenge, I think, for us,” said Melanie Keller, the FDA’s acting associate commissioner for scientific and clinical

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