Trump's FDA chief is out after angering pharma CEOs, vaping lobbyists and anti-abortion activists
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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.
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Dr. Marty Makary is out as commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration, the fourth high-profile departure of a member of his administration this year.
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.
Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Marty Makary is leaving the Trump administration, according to two people familiar with the situation, after President Donald Trump signed off on a plan to fire him last week.
FDA Commissioner Marty Makary resigned Tuesday after a dispute with the Trump administration over the FDA's approval of fruit-flavored vapes, which he opposed. His 13-month tenure also included criticism from anti-abortions and pharmaceutical companies, among others.
Food and Drug Commissioner Marty Makary resigned his position Tuesday after irking President Trump with his slow-walking of flavored e-cigarette approvals, according to multiple news outlets
WASHINGTON >> FDA Commissioner Marty Makary resigned, President Donald Trump said today, after weeks of clashing with top White House and health advisers and drawing scrutiny for a series of controversial agency decisions, according to several people familiar with internal dynamics.
“He’s a great doctor, and he was having some difficulty,” Trump told reporters outside the White House on Tuesday. “But he’s going to go on and he’s going to do well.”
WASHINGTON -- The head of the Food and Drug Administration, Dr. Marty Makary, is resigning after a rocky tenure that drew months of complaints from health industry executives, anti-abortion activists, vaping lobbyists and other allies of President Donald Trump.
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