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FDA Medical Bulletin * March 1997 * Volume 27 Number 1

Editorial Board

 Michael A. Friedman, M.D., Deputy Commissioner for Operations
Sharon Smith Holston, Deputy Commissioner for External Affairs
Stuart L. Nightingale, M.D., Associate Commissioner for Health Affairs
James A. O'Hara III, Associate Commissioner for Public Affairs
Kathryn C. Zoon, Ph.D., Director, Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research
Janet Woodcock, M.D., Director, Center for Drug Evaluation and Research
Fred Shank, Ph.D., Director, Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition
Bruce Burlington, M.D., Director, Center for Devices and Radiological Health
Dianne L. Kennedy, R.Ph., M.P.H., Director, MedWatch

Editor: Eileen S. Parish, M.D., Office of Health Affairs, Medicine Staff
Consulting Editor: Carol Kimbrough, J.D., Office of Health Affairs

Use of funds for the printing of the FDA Medical Bulletin has been approved by the Office of Management and Budget.

The assistance of Renée Gordon, Jane Peterson, and Tina Gilliam is gratefully acknowledged.

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