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The pharma industry, Wall Street and former government officials on Monday decried the forced resignation of FDA vaccine regulator Dr. Peter Marks, openly worrying that his exit portends an antiscien...
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RBC Capital analyst Brian Abrahams warned that Marks’ exit could lead to disruptions at the FDA, affecting drug approvals and regulatory flexibility.
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Marks’ resignation leaves the field without a regulator many view as “integral” to its progress over the last decade.
Marks offered his resignation while citing Kennedy’s “misinformation and lies” and an “unprecedented assault on scientific truth” impacting public health.
Dr. Peter Marks, the top vaccine official at the Food and Drug Administration, wrote in a letter that he was resigning from his position.
Dr. Peter Marks, the top vaccine regulator at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, was forced to resign, citing Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s "misinformation and lies" around immunization.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration's top vaccine official, Peter Marks, has been pushed out, the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday. Marks, who played a key role in U.S. President Donald Trump's first term in developing COVID-19 vaccines,
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Peter Marks’ ouster comes at a time when the sector is already suffering through a years-long public markets slump.
Vaccine makers were hit particularly hard yesterday, as Marks’ resignation letter alluded to disagreements with HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on vaccines. Moderna’s stock dropped 9%, while Vaxcyte’s plummeted 46% (though shares of Vaxcyte were also affected by disappointing results of a vaccine candidate.)
As the FDA wavers from cuts, changes and departures under the second Trump administration, another vital figure of the agency is heading for the exit. | In resigning as director of the FDA’s Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research,
The stock market—and biotech insiders—reacted negatively to the allegedly forced resignation of CBER Director Peter Marks, who said RFK Jr. does not seek “truth and transparency” but rather “subservient confirmation of his misinformation and lies.
It's not yet been a week since Marty Makary, M.D., was confirmed to lead the FDA as its commissioner. | Peter Marks, M.D., Ph.D., a target for RFK Jr. and allies, last week turned in his resignation as director of the FDA's Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research.