Senior FDA Official Under OIG Investigation Over Divorce, Assets

The US health department’s inspector general is investigating whether a top US Food and Drug Administration official misled the federal government by using a sham divorce to avoid running afoul of conflict-of-interest rules, people familiar with the investigation said.

At issue is the relationship between Samuel Doran, the FDA’s deputy chief of staff, and his former wife, a general partner at a venture capital firm that invests in some health-related startups. The couple divorced last year, legal filings show.

The Office of the Inspector General is looking into whether the divorce was constructed to potentially conceal conflicts of interest, ...