FDA, Trump and Makary

Makary for FDA. Here’s what you need to know.
President-elect Donald Trump’s Friday night news dump of health care nominees included the expected naming of Dr. Marty Makary as his FDA commissioner pick.
Trump to nominate Marty Makary to lead FDA
President-elect Donald Trump has selected Marty Makary, a Johns Hopkins surgeon who criticized the Biden administration’s Covid response, to lead the FDA. “FDA has lost the trust of Americans, and has lost sight of its primary goal as a regulator,” Trump said in a statement late Friday, adding Makary would “course-correct” the agency if confirmed.
Who is Dr. Marty Makary, Trump’s pick to head the FDA?
The nominee, a surgeon at Johns Hopkins, has criticized the use of pesticides on food and the industry turning against “natural fat.”
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Johns Hopkins Marty Makary, Trump’s choice for FDA, a ‘brilliant surgeon’ with some ‘worrisome’ views
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Trump nominates Marty Makary, who opposed COVID vaccine mandates, to head FDA
President-elect Donald Trump has nominated a critic of COVID-19 health measures to lead the Food and Drug Administration.
Trump picks Marty Makary to lead FDA, Dave Weldon to run CDC
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Dr. Marty Makary on medicine's blind spots
Dr. Marty Makary says data misinterpretation and conventional thinking is not serving us well — and he wants to change that.
Trump picks Dr. Marty Makary, a Johns Hopkins surgeon, for FDA chief
President-elect Donald Trump on Friday nominated Dr. Marty Makary, a pancreatic surgeon at Johns Hopkins University, as ...
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Trump’s FDA director pick has a history of criticizing the agency. Here are seven examples
WASHINGTON — Johns Hopkins surgeon Marty Makary has criticized – sometimes with harsh language – the Food and Drug ...