Martin (Marty) Makary, MD, MPH is a gastro-intestinal/pancreas surgeon and public policy researcher at Johns Hopkins University. He is a prolific author, writing for The Washington Post and The Wall Street Journal, authoring of three New York Times bestselling books – Unaccountable, The Price We Pay and Blind Spots – and regularly commentating on CNN and Fox News. Dr. […]
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Feb. 15, 2022 – Dr. Robert Califf was confirmed to be the next Commissioner of Food and Drugs in a close 50-46 Senate vote today. In a sign of the times, during the 2016 vote for Califf’s first stint as FDA Commissioner, he was confirmed 89-4. “We expect Califf to be a strong leader for […]
Read more Feb. 7, 2022 – Although the nomination of Dr. Robert Califf to return as FDA Commissioner was advanced by the Senate House, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee just weeks ago and it appeared Califf was poised to be confirmed by the full Senate, new opposition to his nomination reportedly has switched at least some […]
Read more Dec. 20, 2021 — Dr. Robert Califf, President Joe Biden’s nominee for the FDA Commissioner position, spent roughly two hours answering questions volleyed his way during last week’s Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee’s hearing on his nomination. Califf’s answers, peppered with details, facts and figures, references to senators’ home-state concerns, anecdotes about […]
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Nov. 20, 2019 – In today’s Senate confirmation hearing for Dr. Stephen Hahn, President Donald Trump’s nominee for the Commissioner of Food and Drugs position, Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee members questioned Hahn on such topics as opioids, generic drugs, updating the over-the-counter drug monograph, regulating cannabis-related products, and combatting shortages of […]
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