STAT+: Makary departs FDA amid turmoil as Diamantas, agency’s top food official, steps in
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WASHINGTON — Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Marty Makary is resigning from his role, according to an administration source familiar with the matter. Kyle Diamantas, the top food regulator at the agency, will step in as acting commissioner. Makary has served in the role for a little over a year. The White House and spokespeople for Makary and Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. didn’t respond to messages seeking comment. A group within HHS was unhappy with Makary’s leadership and had been looking into ways to remove him for months, FDA sources told STAT. Speculation that Makary would depart intensified on Friday after the Wall Street Journal and others reported that President Donald Trump planned to fire him. HHS officials had started thinking about Makary’s replacement, according to sources familiar.Continue to STAT+ to read the full story…