Gottlieb, who led the FDA under the Trump administration, said cases and hospitalizations are declining nationwide, including in states like Michigan, which was battling a surge in infections. "I think that these declines we're seeing are really locked in at this point," he said. "So I don...
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However, picking someone from outside the medical industry could avoid the accusations of conflicts of interest that current FDA Commissioner Robert Califf has faced. The new FDA commissioner would also oversee big agency reforms under the 21st Century Cures Act, which seeks to speed up t...
Makary would also inherit a number of ongoing projects at the FDA kicked off by outgoing Commissioner Robert Califf, including the reorganization of the agency's food division and plans to regulate artificial intelligence in medical technology. In the event of other controversial initiatives under Tr...
Trump has turned to Johns Hopkins School of Medicine pancreatic surgeon Martin Makary, M.D., to run the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. According to The Times, Makary is, on the whole, supportive of childhood vaccines, although he has voiced concern about certain shots, such as the hep...
President-elect Donald Trump names Dr. Marty Makary to lead the FDA and Dr. Dave Weldon to lead the CDC. Read more here.
Hahn emerged from the White House meeting with his job intact, but it was a sign of the pressure he is under that the FDA offered guidance that “Dr. Hahn remains FDA Commissioner.” Hahn said the FDA will thoroughly review each vaccine before making it available to the public. ...
“They should stop considering any new opioid evaluation,” said Brown. “For every day and every week and every month that the FDA don’t do the right thing, people drop dead on the streets. What they do has a direct impact on the mortality rate from opioids in this country.” ...
Redfield’s comments during his congressional testimony on Wednesday only scratched the surface of the deep unease within his own agency that has been fueled in part by how he has steered the agency, bent to pressure from Trump and the unforced errors that have happened under his watch. Recen...
Follow FT's live coverage and analysis of the global pandemic and the rapidly evolving economic crisishere. Dr Hahn was speaking at the end of a bruising week for him and the administration he leads. Last Saturday, Mr Trump accused“deep state”elements at the FDA of moving too slowly in ...