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Several GOP votes lift Califf as some Democrats buck Biden’s FDA pick
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The Senate voted Tuesday to confirm Robert M. Califf as commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration, overcoming vocal opposition from West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin III and other Democrats who said President Biden’s pick was too cozy with the pharmaceutical industry. Some Republicans accused Dr. Califf of ignoring dangers from chemical abortions during his previous stint at the FDA, while Democrats said he wasn’t the right man to take on the powerful drug industry and control the opioid epidemic after he worked closely with drugmakers at Duke University’s clinical trials center and as a consultant for pharmaceutical companies.