The Hill12d
Senate panel OKs Makary’s nomination as FDA commissioner
The Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee voted Thursday to advance Marty Makary’s nomination as commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). He will likely be ...
The Hill29d
Pfizer hires ex-FDA drug chief as top doctor
Robert Califf, who served as FDA commissioner under President Obama, left the agency to advise Google Health and its spinoff, Verily Life Sciences. The move garnered criticism and opposition from ...
Civil Eats20d
FDA Commissioner Nominee Says He’ll Focus on Food and Health
President Trump’s nominee for FDA Commissioner said Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., the Health and Human Services secretary, had started a grassroots movement around healthy foods. “Childhood obesity is not a ...
AOL12d
FDA top lawyer resigns days after starting job
Perkins was handpicked to serve as the top legal aide by Martin Makary, President Trump’s nominee for FDA commissioner. In the days following his decision, Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) criticized ...
Fox News12d
Dr. Marty Makary advances out of key committee in bid for FDA confirmation
Trump nominated Johns Hopkins School of Medicine professor, pancreatic surgeon and former Fox News medical contributor Dr. Marty Makary for FDA commissioner in November. "I am very pleased to ...
FiercePharma11d
FDA chief counsel Hilary Perkins hits the exit, resigning amid controversy 2 days into the job
Kennedy Jr. and yet-to-be confirmed FDA commissioner nominee Martin Makary, M.D. “Unfortunately, my work as a career attorney at the Department of Justice defending the FDA throughout multiple ...
New York Post12d
Trump’s FDA and NIH picks clear committee, teeing up final Senate confirmation
Committee approved Dr. Jayanta Bhattacharya’s nomination to be NIH director in a 12-11 vote and backed Dr. Martin Makary’s bid to be FDA commissioner 14-9. Both men are expected to breeze ...
MedPage Today20d
Makary Sails Through Nomination Hearing for FDA Commissioner
Opens in a new tab or window Share on LinkedIn. Opens in a new tab or window Marty Makary, MD, MPH, President Trump's nominee for FDA commissioner, seems likely to be a lock for the position if ...
Modern Healthcare12d
Senate committee votes to advance Trump’s FDA, NIH nominees
The nominees will next face confirmation votes before the full Senate. FDA commissioner nominee Marty Makary, a Johns Hopkins Medicine surgeon, and NIH pick Jay Bhattacharya, a Stanford University ...
AOL19d
Trump’s pick to lead FDA tells senators he’d look into food, abortion pill, vaccine advisers
President Donald Trump’s pick to lead the US Food and Drug Administration told senators in a tense confirmation hearing Thursday that, if confirmed as FDA commissioner, he plans to evaluate ...
Food & Wine12d
RFK Jr. Wants to Close a Controversial FDA Loophole in Food Additive Regulation
On March 10, Kennedy announced that he is directing "the acting FDA commissioner to take steps to explore potential rulemaking to revise its Substances Generally Recognized as Safe (GRAS ...