WASHINGTON — Jacqueline Corrigan-Curay, the highest drug regulator on the Meals and Drug Administration, is retiring from the company in July.
Corrigan-Curay, who took over as performing director of the Middle for Drug Analysis and Analysis in January, broke the information to workers in an e mail shared with STAT. She mentioned she determined to depart the company after taking a latest trip, and thanked workers for his or her “unwavering assist, particularly throughout latest difficult occasions.”

“What has made this choice so troublesome for me is all of you,” Corrigan-Curay wrote. “I don’t imply to let anybody down, however I imagine I must observe my instincts.”
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