HHS Ousts Peter Marks, Sending Vaccine Stocks Tumbling and Biopharma Lamenting Loss of ‘Ally’ at FDA
The reaction to the forced resignation of Peter Marks, M.D., Ph.D., director of the FDA’s agency responsible for authorizing vaccines, by markets and the pharmaceutical industry is indicative of the influence Big Pharma had over the FDA, said Brian Hooker, Ph.D., Children’s Health Defense chief scientific officer.
Pharma stocks tumbled today after Peter Marks, M.D., Ph.D., director of the agency within the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) responsible for authorizing vaccines, resigned under pressure from his new boss, Health and Human Services Sec Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
“If Peter Marks does not want to get behind restoring science to its golden standard & promoting radical transparency, then he has no place at FDA under the strong leadership of Sec Kennedy,” an HHS official said in a statement.