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The feds finally confirmed a new Food & Drug Administration (FDA) head after months with a revolving door of acting chiefs.

Last month, Dr. Stephen M. Hahn was sworn in as FDA commissioner. Trained as an oncologist, Dr. Hahn was previously chief medical executive (CME) at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center (MD Anderson), indicates the FDA.

The FDA has had a tough year amidst conflict over the vaping epidemic and e-cigarette regulation, food safety issues, and medical device hacking.

Hahn is the third commissioner in less than a year at FDA after Scott Gottlieb left last April. The FDA had two different acting commissioners, Norman Sharpless and Brett Giroir, before Hahn took the post.