Dr. Margaret Hamburg is catching her breath, after finishing up six years as head of the US Food and Drug Administration, or FDA. The agency is one of the most influential in Americans' everyday lives, regulating products that account for twenty cents of every dollar consumers spend. As Commissioner, Hamburg faced tremendous challenges, and spoke with Aspen Public Radio’s Elise Thatcher about her time there.
Editor's note: you can hear more of this conversation later today at 3:30pm. That’s in our special series, Spotlight Health, in partnership with the Aspen Ideas Festival. We'll also post a web version of the program later today.