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For that, we have Commissioner Scott Gottlieb, a 46-year-old businessman, doctor, health policy expert and cancer survivor, whose work at the FDA has earned bipartisan praise. The father of three has just left the position to spend more time with his family. But it's been a difficult step to take, he admits to  Business Insider , calling the FDA a "dream job." Gottlieb has set a precedent for an agile and dynamic FDA, led by an available and outspoken leader . He also tells Business Insider that he took over at a unique time, when the rules for new and transformative areas of medicine had not yet been written. The FDA was able to begin to define those rules, he explains, and "that's going to have a profound and lasting impact on the ability to pursue and advance new areas of science.

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He landed at Oak Investment Partners where he spent the next three decades investing in biotechnology, healthcare and software companies. In 2014, she and her team became Oak HC/FT, a venture capital firm investing in healthcare and financial technology. The firm now has $1.1 billion under its management , supporting companies like Devoted Health , a Medicare Advantage insurance company, hospice company Aspire, and primary care company One Medical . "Our mission is anything that reduces costs and improves quality, we're on it, with the right people," Lamont says.