Klein to head FDA's Controlled Substance staff

WASHINGTON Michael Klein has been chosen as the director of the Controlled Substance staff at the Food and Drug Administration.

Klein has been with the Center for Drug Evaluation and Research for 19 years providing leadership on policy and review issues related to drug abuse, addiction drug products and controlled substances, and as team leader and associate director of the CSS.

Prior to joining the agency, he conducted research at Argonne National Laboratory and was a senior scientist with the Drug Enforcement Agency for 15 years.