Andrew von Eschenbach Quotes


Our purpose in this project is to begin to turn that fear of cancer, actually America's greatest fear, into a future, not only free of fear, but full of hope.


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Von Eschenbach, Andrew. Remarks at The Cancer Genome Atlas Press Conference. National Institutes of Health, 13 Dec. 2005.

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Andrew von Eschenbach
Andrew von Eschenbach
  • Born: October 30, 1941
  • Nationality: American
  • Profession: Author

Andrew C. von Eschenbach was the Commissioner of the United States Food and Drug Administration from 2006–2009. He became acting Commissioner on September 26, 2005, after the resignation of his predecessor Lester Crawford, and was confirmed as Commissioner by the Senate on December 7, 2006. He was previously the 12th director of the National Cancer Institute.