Trump plans to fire FDA's Makary after tumult at agency [View all]
Source: msn/Bloomberg
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(Bloomberg) -- President Donald Trump plans to fire Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Marty Makary, following months of chaos at one of the country’s most important health agencies, according to a person familiar with the matter. The president hasn’t yet dismissed Makary, the person said, asking not to be identified because discussions are private. The Trump administration is also mulling additional personnel changes at the FDA, according to the person.
Makary would be the second Senate-confirmed health official to be fired during the second Trump administration. His time as FDA commissioner has been marked by high employee turnover and friction with pharmaceutical companies. He has clashed with key conservative political figures over staffing, abortion pill access and other issues.
The White House and the Department of Health and Human Services didn’t immediately respond to requests for comment. When reached by phone Friday, Makary had no comment. The news was reported earlier by the Wall Street Journal.
The FDA is tasked with ensuring that Americans’ food and medicines are safe. Since December, most of the agency’s division leaders have either been fired or left. The FDA’s normally staid, scientific drug review process has become far more political during Trump’s second term.
Read more: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/trump-plans-to-fire-fda-s-makary-after-tumult-at-agency/ar-AA22I0OB
It's a whole lot more than that. It's also medical devices, cosmetics, biologics including the blood supply, and recently tobacco products as well (along with food/medicine/medical devices, etc, for animals).
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