Opinion: Marty Makary misunderstood something fundamental about the FDA
[RSS: www.statnews.com] “The norm-shattering masks a more fundamental misunderstanding of how administrative power can bring about lasting change,” writes Joshua Sharfstein.
Opinion: Marty Makary misunderstood something fundamental about the FDA
[RSS: www.statnews.com] “The norm-shattering masks a more fundamental misunderstanding of how administrative power can bring about lasting change,” writes Joshua Sharfstein.
[RSS: www.statnews.com] “The norm-shattering masks a more fundamental misunderstanding of how administrative power can bring about lasting change,” writes Joshua Sharfstein.
On Tuesday, Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Marty Makary resigned from his position, leaving a vacancy at the top of the agency to match the turnover already challenging its drug and biologics divisions.
It was just a year ago that Makary joined Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and National Institutes of Health Director Jay Bhattacharya on the X platform to triumphantly announce in a 58-second video that the Covid-19 vaccine would no longer be routinely recommended for healthy pregnant women and children. The video exuded the elation of Covid response skeptics at long last grabbing the reins of power.
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