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FDA Chief Says He Wants Gene Therapy Head Prasad to Return

US Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Marty Makary said he’s trying to persuade Vinay Prasad, the agency’s former head ...

The FDA Boss on the Agency’s MAHA Makeover

Dr. Marty Makary has criticized the Food and Drug Administration for being "captured" by Big Food and Big Pharma. Now, the ...

FDA chief says NIH ‘brewed up a virus that killed 20 million people’

Commissioner Marty Makary again promoted a conspiracy theory about the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic on Wednesday, ...
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Trump Overrode RFK Jr. And Makary To Remove FDA Biologics Chief Amid Sarepta Drug Controversy: Report

U.S. President Donald Trump reportedly ordered the removal of Vinay Prasad as director of the FDA’s Center for Biologics ...
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After Prasad’s Ouster, Makary Looks for Better Drug, Biologic Alignment at FDA

The FDA has denied that it plans to combine the Center for Drug Evaluation and Research and Center for Biologics Evaluation ...

FDA Commissioner Marty Makary: Starting Process To Schedule "7-Hydroxymitragynine" Kratom Extract As Dangerous, Illegal Opioid

FDA Commissioner Marty Makary said at a press conference Tuesday that the federal government is beginning to process to ...

FDA Commissioner Makary: Ban Targets Synthetic Concentrated 7-OH, Not Naturally Occurring Trace Amounts

FDA Commissioner Marty Makary said at a press conference Tuesday that scheduling "7-Hydroxymitragynine" (7-OH) kratom extract ...

FDA's Makary wants to increase drug access, reduce 'addictive' foods

FDA Commissioner Marty Makary spoke with Yahoo Finance about solving the food crisis, obesity crisis, and restoring trust in ...

FDA commissioner predicts ‘record’ drug approvals this year

Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Marty Makary said approving drugs for human consumption is moving at a “record” ...

100 days into the job, FDA head talks to CNN about agency goals— and Coke’s switch to sugar

Commissioner Marty Makary says the FDA will plow ahead with big plans on ultra process foods, dietary guidelines and ...

FDA chief has no 'plans' for abortion pill policy changes but continues safety review

Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Marty Makary said in a recent interview he has no plans to change policies ...

FDA Chief Marty Makary To Overhaul 1992 Food Pyramid, Slams Carb-Heavy Diet

FDA Commissioner Marty Makary is spearheading a major overhaul of the agency’s dietary guidelines, including rewriting the 1992 food pyramid.