The FTC has appointed Duke University professor Marta Wosińska to oversee the agency’s Bureau of Economics.
Acting Federal Trade Commission Chairwoman Rebecca Slaughter announced on Tuesday that Wosińska, the deputy director of Duke’s Margolis Center for Health Policy, would take over as the bureau’s director later this month.
The commission, now evenly split between Democrats and Republicans, voted unanimously to approve Wosińska’s appointment, signaling Slaughter’s focus on competition issues in the pharmaceutical and healthcare industries.
“In Dr. Wosińska, the FTC gains a top economist with expertise in prescription drug competition and healthcare marketing to lead the Bureau of Economics,” Slaughter ...
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