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Marty Makary resigns as FDA commissioner following industry and White House backlash

Cnbc · · 756 words · By Annika Kim Constantino; Angelica Peebles
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“Dr. Marty Makary resigned as FDA commissioner on Tuesday”
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Multiple independent news sources (Reuters, The Guardian, Ars Technica) report that Dr. Marty Makary resigned as FDA commissioner on Tuesday.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — During his second term as President of the United States, Donald Trump has made numerous false or misleading claims. The Associated Press fact-checked several of Trump's statements from his first week…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Donald Trump's second presidential transition began when he won the United States presidential election on November 5, 2024, and became the president-elect. Trump had become president-elect once the e…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The following is a timeline of the second presidency of Donald Trump during the second quarter of 2026, from April 1, 2026, to June 30, 2026. To navigate between quarters, see timeline of the Donald T…
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“President Donald Trump said Kyle Diamantas, who previously worked as the top food official at the FDA, will step in as acting commissioner”
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The Guardian, Ars Technica, and iHeart all report that President Trump announced Kyle Diamantas will serve as acting commissioner.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Kyle Allen Diamantas (born November 25, 1987) is an American attorney who has served as the acting commissioner of food and drugs since 2026. Diamantas has additionally served as the acting deputy com…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kyle_Diamantas
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Martin Adel Makary () is a British-American surgeon, professor, author, and medical commentator who served as the 27th commissioner of food and drugs from 2025 to 2026. He practiced surgical oncology …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marty_Makary
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The following is a timeline of the second presidency of Donald Trump during the second quarter of 2026, from April 1, 2026, to June 30, 2026. To navigate between quarters, see timeline of the Donald T…
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“Trump shared a second post that showed a purported resignation text from Makary”
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CNBC explicitly reports that Trump shared a second post showing a purported resignation text from Makary; Reuters also confirms the resignation announcement occurred on Tuesday.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Martin Adel Makary () is a British-American surgeon, professor, author, and medical commentator who served as the 27th commissioner of food and drugs from 2025 to 2026. He practiced surgical oncology …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marty_Makary
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Donald Trump's second presidential transition began when he won the United States presidential election on November 5, 2024, and became the president-elect. Trump had become president-elect once the e…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The following is a timeline of the second presidency of Donald Trump during the second quarter of 2026, from April 1, 2026, to June 30, 2026. To navigate between quarters, see timeline of the Donald T…
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“Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. made the decision to replace Makary”
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While evidence confirms RFK Jr. is the HHS Secretary and that Makary was replaced, no provided source explicitly states that RFK Jr. was the specific individual who made the decision to replace him.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is the national public health agency of the United States. It is a United States federal agency under the Department of Health and Human Services (…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Kennedy family is an American political family that has long been prominent in American politics, public service, entertainment, and business. In 1884, 35 years after the family's arrival from Cou…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Robert Francis Kennedy Jr. (born January 17, 1954), also known by his initials RFK Jr., is an American politician, environmental lawyer, author, conspiracy theorist, and anti-vaccine activist serving …
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“Makary, a surgical oncologist... served as head of the agency responsible for regulating food, drugs and medical devices for more than a year”
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Wikipedia and official FDA records confirm Dr. Marty Makary is a surgical oncologist and served as the 27th FDA commissioner from March 2025 to 2026 (more than one year).
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The United States commissioner of food and drugs is the head of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), an agency of the United States Department of Health and Human Services. The commissioner is nomi…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Martin Adel Makary () is a British-American surgeon, professor, author, and medical commentator who served as the 27th commissioner of food and drugs from 2025 to 2026. He practiced surgical oncology …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marty_Makary
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Robert McKinnon Califf (born 1951) is an American cardiologist who served as the 25th commissioner of food and drugs from 2016 to 2017 and again from 2022 to 2025. He was first nominated to be commiss…
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“The influential Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America organization had also called for Makary's ouster over the FDA's handling of the abortion pill mifepristone”
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Bloomberg and other web search results report that a pro-life group (Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America) called for Makary's removal over the handling of mifepristone.
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web search NEUTRAL — “Makary must go.” Makary’s agency, which is charged with making sure that food and drugs Americans take are safe, has been consumed. by internal turmoil after several high-profile departures in recent…
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-12-08/fda-slow-…
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web search NEUTRAL — The FDA faces extensive turnover as past comments from a senior official resurface and a pro-life group calls for the commissioner’s removal.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/fda-turmoil-draws-attent…
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web search NEUTRAL — Bloomberg reports that FDA Marty Makary has slow-walked the politicized safety review of mifepristone until after the 2026 midterm elections.
https://www.ms.now/opinion/fda-abortion-pill-mifepristone-sa…
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“The pharmaceutical industry is negotiating the reauthorization of the Prescription Drug User Act Fee”
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Multiple web search results discuss the ongoing process and negotiations regarding the reauthorization of the Prescription Drug User Fee Act (PDUFA).
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web search NEUTRAL — The user fee negotiations include setting the terms of how the regulator interacts with companies during product approvals. Their results feed into recommendations that guide Congress' reauthorization…
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web search NEUTRAL — The National Institutes of Standards and Technology proposed new guidance late last week that seeks to expand conditions under which federal government agencies can apply march-in rights, a provision …
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web search NEUTRAL — The Prescription Drug User Fee program, better known as PDUFA, is one of the single most important programs at the FDA and is responsible for a considerable amount of the agency’s annual funding. With…
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“longtime cancer regulator Dr. Richard Pazdur... cited Makary's leadership as his reason for leaving”
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web search NEUTRAL — Dr. Drury is Board Certified in Internal Medicine, with interests in preventive health and wellness, in addition to complex disease management in adults. He has been listed repeatedly in America’s Top…
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web search NEUTRAL — We are a physician-led and professionally managed medical group that provides patient-centric, integrated primary and specialty care to the communities we serve. We pride ourselves on providing the ri…
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“Vinay Prasad, who served as a key agency official overseeing vaccines and biotech treatments before stepping down at the end of April”
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“the FDA initially refused to review Moderna's flu shot... The FDA later reversed course on the vaccine”
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“Prasad also faced backlash earlier this year for his rejection of a Huntington's disease gene therapy from uniQure”
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“In April, the FDA rejected Replimune's drug candidate for melanoma a second time after an initial rejection in July”
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“In March, Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wisc., announced an investigation into the FDA's rejection of rare disease treatments”
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“Trump has backed a candidate trying to unseat the Republican from Louisiana [Sen. Bill Cassidy]”
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