HHS News

[P95-1]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
February 2, 1995
Food and Drug Administration
Betsy Adams (301) 443-4177

Schultz Named FDA Deputy Commissioner For Policy

        
        Commissioner of Food and Drugs David A. Kessler, M.D., today

announced the appointment of William B. Schultz, an attorney with

broad legislative and litigation experience, as deputy commissioner

for policy of the Food and Drug Administration.   

        Schultz was counsel to the House Subcommittee on Health and

the Environment from 1990 to 1994.  He led in drafting and

negotiating landmark laws providing comprehensive standards for

nutrition labels on food, revising medical device legislation and

authorizing the FDA to charge user fees for drug and biologics

reviews.  He also spearheaded legislative efforts on pesticides,

animal drugs, orphan drugs and dietary supplements.

        "Bill Schultz brings to the FDA a wealth of experience in food

and drug law and an outstanding legal mind," said Kessler.  "His

legislative, academic and public interest background will serve the

agency well as he assumes a leadership role."

        From 1976 to 1989, Schultz worked as an attorney at the Public

Citizen Litigation Group, representing public interest and public

health organizations in courts, agencies and Congress.  He argued

three cases before the U.S. Supreme Court and more than 20 in U.S.

appellate courts.  From 1983 to 1993, he was an adjunct professor

at the Georgetown University Law Center, teaching food and drug law

and civil litigation.   

        Schultz received a bachelor's degree in economics from Yale

University and a Juris Doctor from the University of Virginia Law

School.  Following law school, he was a law clerk to Judge William

B. Bryant, in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. 

He has written numerous articles in professional journals and other

media.

        He replaces Michael R. Taylor, who left FDA in 1994 to become

administrator of the Food Safety and Inspection Service in the U.S.

Department of Agriculture.  Associate Commissioner for Policy

Coordination William K. Hubbard has been acting in the interim.