"Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Marty Makary resigned Tuesday after irking President Trump by slow-walking flavored e-cigarette approvals.
Trump confirmed that Makary, a former Johns Hopkins cancer surgeon, stepped down as the president left the White House en route to China for a summit with Xi Jinping...
In addition to well-connected executives in the vape industry, whom Trump promised to support during his successful 2024 presidential campaign, Makary angered advocates for the rapid approval of treatments for rare ailments like Huntington’s disease.
He also earned foes among anti-abortion advocates who wanted him to stop the mailing of mifepristone, part of a two-drug cocktail used to terminate pregnancies.
“Dr. Makary was uniquely destructive to the prolife movement,” Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) said on X Tuesday.
“He attempted to place pro-abortion lawyers in key positions. He slow walked a vitally necessary review of the abortion drug mifepristone. He used his discretion to approve a new abortion drug when the data shows it sends 1 in 10 women to the emergency room. He froze out prolife leaders and repeatedly stonewalled Congress. His resignation is an opportunity for the FDA to reset.”..."
https://nypost.com/2026/05/12/us-news/marty-makary-resigns-as-fda-commissioner-after-trump-vape-criticism/
