Marty Makary and Jay Bhattacharya confirmed by Senate as FDA commissioner and NIH director
Marty Makary, at FDA, and Jay Bhattacharya, at NIH, are assuming leadership of agencies pummeled by workforce cuts and sagging morale.
WASHINGTON — The Senate voted largely along party lines to confirm Marty Makary as the commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration and Jay Bhattacharya as director of the National Institutes of Health.
All Republicans backed Bhattacharya in a 53-47 vote, and all Republicans plus three Democrats backed Makary in a 56-44 vote. It’s the conclusion to a smooth confirmation process for Bhattacharya and Makary, who both echoed health secretary Robert F. Kennedy’s promises to make America healthy again during their confirmation hearings in March.
