MedPage Today March 13, 2025
— Two Democrats cross over to vote for FDA commissioner nominee Marty Makary
The Senate Health, Education, Labor, & Pensions (HELP) Committee voted Thursday to recommend that the Senate confirm President Trump’s nominees to run the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the FDA.
The vote to confirm Jay Bhattacharya, MDopens in a new tab or window, as NIH director was 12-11, entirely along party lines. The vote to confirm Marty Makary, MD, MPHopens in a new tab or window, as FDA commissioner was a little more lopsided at 14-9, with Democrats Maggie Hassan of New Hampshire and John Hickenlooper of Colorado crossing over to vote for Makary, a Johns Hopkins surgical oncologist and medical researcher who is former medical...
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