Robert Meyer, MD

Robert J. Meyer, MD is an associate professor at the University of Virginia School of Medicine and director of the Virginia Center for Translational and Regulatory Sciences . In 1994 he joined the Food & Drug Administration (FDA) Center for Drug Evaluation’s Division of Pulmonary Drug Products, where he served as Medical Reviewer, Medical Team Leader, and then Director. Dr. Meyer also was the Vice President for Global Regulatory, Strategy, Policy and Safety at Merck & Company.

Posts by Robert Meyer, MD

MedCity Influencers

We all need to support a bill that sets a deadline for scheduling new controlled substances

Everyone agrees patients are waiting far too long to access new drugs and treatments that enhance and extend lives. Most people concerned with accelerating treatments and cures are understandably focused on the process of drug discovery, development and approval. However, a less known but equally frustrating impediment is a federally required “scheduling” under the Controlled […]