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# CDER Drug Safety Staff Changes
- URL: https://www.fdaweb.com/cder-drug-safety-staff-changes/
- Published: 2021-09-30T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-14T17:16:59.000Z
- Author: David McFarland
- Tags: Drugs, #legacy-id-D5150263

CDER drug safety operations (DSO) associate director **Terry Toigo** is retiring 9/30 and, in the interim, DSO senior staff member **Amy Ramanadham** has been named acting associate director. Ramanadham joined DSO in 2012 after completing a doctoral degree in pharmacy at the University of Maryland, School of Pharmacy. She also has a a master’s degree in pharmacoepidemiology from the University of Florida, College of Pharmacy. At FDA, she has worked on several drug safety projects, including the development of the [REMS@FDA](https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/cder/rems/index.cfm?ref=fdaweb.com) Web site and the [Newly Identified Safety Signals initiative process](https://www.fda.gov/media/137475/download?ref=fdaweb.com).