New Chief at FDA

Gholamreza Asghari, former head of Isfahan’s University of Medical Sciences was appointed Monday as the new head of the Food and Drug Administration by Health Minister Seyyed Hassan Qazizadeh Hashemi. Asghari is a professor of pharmacognosy, a branch of knowledge concerned with medicinal drugs obtained from plants or other natural sources, Young Journalist Club reported. Rasoul Dinarvand, who formerly served as head of FDA, has been appointed as advisor to the minsiter.