FDA’s Chief Counsel, Ralph Tyler, Set to Leave FDA

About 18 months after coming to FDA to serve as Chief Counsel, Ralph Tyler will be leaving the Agency, according to an FDA-wide e-mail sent out on June 30th by FDA Commissioner Margaret Hamburg.  Prior to joining FDA, Mr. Tyler served as Insurance Commissioner of the State of Maryland (see our previous post here).  Mr. Tyler's last day at FDA will be August 5, 2011.  We understand that an Acting FDA Chief Counsel has not yet been named.