Healthcare DIVE March 29, 2025
In his resignation letter, Marks cited disagreement with HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who he said pushed “misinformation and lies.”
Peter Marks, the Food and Drug Administration’s top vaccine official, abruptly resigned from the agency on Friday, citing disagreement with Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
Marks, who helped lead the successful advancement of COVID-19 vaccines during the first Trump administration, said he had tried to address Kennedy’s concerns around vaccine safety and transparency.
“However, it has become clear that truth and transparency are not desired by the Secretary, but rather he wishes subservient confirmation of his misinformation and lies,” Marks wrote in a letter to acting FDA Commissioner Sara Brenner, a copy of which was...
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