Dr. George Tidmarsh, the Food and Drug Administration’s top drug regulator, was placed on administrative leave and is considering resigning, citing a “toxic” environment at the FDA. Tidmarsh, who leads the FDA’s Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, was placed on leave Friday “after the Office of the General Counsel and the Office of the Inspector General were notified of serious concerns about his personal conduct,” Emily Hilliard, an HHS spokeswoman, told ABC News in a statement. STAT News, a health, science and medicine-oriented publication, reported Sunday that Tidmarsh was accused of using his regulatory authority to financially harm a former business associate. Tidmarsh denied the allegations in an interview with ABC News on Sunday night. He claimed the move was in retaliation for

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