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New Appointment at COFEPRIS

By Donald Zuhn, Kevin Noonan, Chris Singer, Sherri Oslick, and Jason Derry

By Juan Serrano -- The Federal Commission for Protection Against Sanitary Risks (COFEPRIS) is the Mexican equivalent of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). For the past three years this Commission was headed by Miguel Angel Toscano, who had previously held a position at the Ministry of Economy. Mr. Toscano's exit from COFEPRIS has been announced by several news outlets, and his replacement is Mikel Arriola, an attorney who was previously working as the head of tax legislation at the "Secretaria de Hacienda" (the Ministry of Treasury). The appointment of a commissioner lacking technical background is noteworthy, especially considering...

Full post as published by Patent Docs on March 01, 2011 (boomark / email).