p>Education/Relevant Years of Experience: Applicants must meet one of the following education and relevant years of experience combinations to qualify for the International Science Policy Analyst, AD-0601-00, Band E position (GS-15 equivalent): - Bachelors degree in an academic field related to the medical field, health sciences or allied sciences appropriate to the work of the position AND six (6) years of comparable work in leading international regulatory policy and scientific engagement in medical products, including representing a regulatory authority in high-level foreign government negotiations, interpreting and influencing legislation/policy, and coordinating cross-agency strategy with strong expertise in global public health regulation.
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is the regulatory, scientific, public health, and consumer protection agency responsible for ensuring that all human and animal drugs, and medical devices are safe and effective, that cosmetics, foods, food additives, drugs and medicated feeds for food producing animals, and radiation emitting devices are safe, and that all such products marketed in the United States are adequately, truthfully and informatively labeled and safely and properly stored, transported, manufactured packaged and regulated.