There’s an old saying in organizational management that you shouldn’t let bad people drive away good people. It’s like the idiom that one bad apple can spoil the bunch. And unfortunately, there are a couple of bad apples at the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) that are spoiling the agency, its mission, and the future of everything.

Speaking of the future, the culture of death has taken over the FDA.

Early this month, Dr. Richard Pazdur resigned from the FDA, where he’d earned a reputation as one of the most respected leaders in cancer research and regulatory science over his nearly 30 years of federal service. Pazdur led the Oncology Center of Excellence and was recently tapped to stabilize the agency’s Center for Drug Evaluation and Research (CDER). But after just three weeks there, he announced his retirement. Much of the blame for this is being pointed at Marty Makary, whose tenure as FDA Commissioner has driven the agency into disarray with internal scandals, forced staff resignations, and record staff departures.

Pazdur is the latest victim of the disastrous leadership problems that have beset the FDA, with the drama there lending itself to comparisons to Mean Girls and Real House Wives.

Losing Pazdur is an example of bad people driving away good ones,........

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