Amid multiple reports suggesting that President Donald Trump has signed off on a plan to oust FDA commissioner Marty Makary, Trump said late Friday that he is completely unaware of such a proposal.
The Wall Street Journal first reported Trump’s plans on Friday, noting that senior White House officials have become increasingly convinced that Makary, a former pancreatic surgeon at Johns Hopkins University, should depart after a tumultuous period leading the FDA.
Leaving the White House Friday evening, Trump dismissed the idea in response to a question from a reporter. “Are you going to fire him?” the reporter asked. “I’ve been reading about it, but I know nothing about it,” the President said.
Makary, nominated by Trump to lead the FDA in November 2024, has overseen an agency that has suffered several high-profile departures in recent months.
Richard Pazdur, the director of the FDA's Center for Drug Evaluation and Research and a 26-year veteran at the agency, sought retirement in December, just weeks after Makary picked him to lead the unit.
Vinay Prasad, the former head of the FDA’s Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, left the agency last month, marking his second departure in less than eight months.
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