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'They’re targeting kids': HHS Secy RFK Jr. drops bombshell on US opioid epidemic
US Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., along with Deputy Secretary Jim O’Neill, FDA Commissioner Dr. Marty Makary and ...
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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 ...
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An FDA panel spread misinformation about SSRI use in pregnancy, alarming doctors
A panel organized by the FDA cast doubts on the safety of antidepressants during pregnancy — drawing ire from doctors who say SSRIs are a crucial treatment option for women with perinatal depression.
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Vinay Prasad is my former student and friend. His departure from FDA is a loss for American medicine
It is hard to imagine someone more equipped and more dedicated to vetting treatments than Vinay Prasad,” writes his former ...
The Man Who Was Too MAHA for the Trump Administration
Such appeasement efforts proved insufficient to protect him from rival forces in the Republican Party, if not also in 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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What forced Vinay Prasad to exit top job at US FDA in just 3 months
Indian-origin scientist Vinay Prasad resigned as the FDA's vaccine and gene therapy chief in just three months after backlash ...
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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 ...
FDA cracking down on 7-OH to avoid epidemic: Commissioner
7-OH, formally known as 7-Hydroxymitragynine, is banned in China; however, Makary found that in the Biden administration, the ...
Trump ordered vaccine regulator's removal and overruled health secretary, Politico reports
U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday overruled Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and FDA ...
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FDA urges crackdown on 7-OH, a potent opioid-like substance sold in gas stations
Federal health officials are calling for urgent action against a powerful, unregulated substance being sold in gas stations, ...
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 ...