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Dr. Marty Makary, commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration, center, speaks while National Institutes of Health Director Dr. Jay Bhattacharya, left, and Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., right, listen in the Oval Office of the White House, Saturday, April 18, 2026, in Washington.
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Marty Makary is resigning as President Donald Trump's Food and Drug Administration chief. The surgeon and health researcher's tenure had drawn complaints from pharmaceutical executives, anti-abortion activists and other Trump allies. The President said Tuesday that Makary “was having some difficulty” but ”he’s going to go on and he’s going to do well.” Makary came to prominence as an outspoken critic of public health measures during the COVID pandemic, when he appeared on Fox News Channel. But at the FDA, Makary failed to win the staff's confidence after mass layoffs, leadership changes and a series of controversies involving vaccines, drugs and electronic cigarettes.
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