FDA vaccine official Peter Marks slams Rfk Jr.
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Marks was named CBER’s director in January 2016 and later played a role overseeing the first Trump administration’s “Operation Warp Speed,” a roughly $18 billion effort to ramp up development of a Cov...
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Biotech investors are reeling after the sudden departure of Dr. Peter Marks, a pivotal figure in the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
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Peter Marks’ ouster comes at a time when the sector is already suffering through a years-long public markets slump.
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,
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.
Biotech stocks plunge after Dr. Peter Marks resigns from FDA, citing disputes with RFK Jr. over vaccines and drug approvals. Investors fear regulatory uncertainty.
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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BMO Capital analysts view the departure of Dr. Peter Marks from the FDA as a “significant negative” for the biopharma and biotech sectors. The
In his resignation letter, Marks cited disagreement with HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who he said pushed “misinformation and lies.”
The sudden departure of Peter Marks, MD, from the FDA has prompted a chorus of criticism and despair from industry leaders and trade organizations.