The U.S. Food and Drug Administration's chief counsel, Hilary Perkins, has resigned, the federal agency said in a post on social media platform X on Thursday, just two days after her appointment was announced.

The US Food and Drug Administration’s top lawyer resigned on Thursday, two days after her appointment was announced, the agency posted on the social media site X.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) chief counsel resigned two days after her appointment, according to a Thursday announcement from the agency. “Hilary K. Perkins has resigned from her position as Chief Counsel of FDA,

Marty Makary is one step closer to becoming the head of the Food and Drug Administration. On March 13, the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions

If confirmed, Makary would run one of the nation's leading health agencies, overseeing the regulation of food and drugs.