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Senate confirms Johns Hopkins surgeon Marty Makary to lead FDA amid turbulence at the agency
Late Tuesday, the Senate confirmed Johns Hopkins surgeon Marty Makary, M.D., as the FDA’s new commissioner in a 56-44 vote, which saw all Republicans and three Democrats back the Trump administration’s nominee. Makary’s confirmation overlaps with that of Stanford University’s Jay Bhattacharya, M.D., Ph.D., who was also voted in by the Senate 53-47 to head up the National Institutes of Health this week.
Late Tuesday, the Senate confirmed Johns Hopkins surgeon Marty Makary, M.D., as the FDA’s new commissioner in a 56-44 vote, which saw all Republicans and three Democrats back the Trump administration’s nominee. Makary’s confirmation overlaps with that of Stanford University’s Jay Bhattacharya, M.D., Ph.D., who was also voted in by the Senate 53-47 to head up the National Institutes of Health this week.
