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STAT+: Makary’s first speech to FDA staff focuses on challenging norms, fighting chronic disease
Makary said little about specific plans for his agency or about the layoffs that have roiled his workforce.
WASHINGTON — Marty Makary’s first address to staff as FDA commissioner on Wednesday afternoon sounded a bit like an introduction to one of his books.
It included sweeping declarations about the need to challenge scientific norms, and to identify the root causes of chronic disease. Makary sprinkled in anecdotes intended to stir emotion, recounting the time when his father gave a cancer patient a hug at the grocery store.
But he said little about specific plans for his agency and about the Health and Human Services department layoffs that roiled staff on Tuesday, according to a recording of the town hall obtained by STAT.
