“Change is not required. Survival is not mandatory.”
–W. Edwards Deming
Introduction
On December 2013, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) closed its office inside the American embassy in Amman, Jordan. According to an agency spokesperson, “This is a transfer of agency personnel rather than a reduction.” No reasons were given for this action.[1] The Jordanian office of the FDA opened in 2011. According…
