The Biden administration will be guided by science, not right wing politics.
HHS and the FDA are spending the Trump administration’s last days locked in another power struggle, after the health department blindsided the FDA with a series of major policy changes https://t.co/gNAknXtMPC
— POLITICO (@politico) January 13, 2021
But Azar, infuriated by the FDA’s defiance in a showdown over vaccine standards, has spent recent weeks openly plotting Hahn's ouster. @adamcancryn @ddiamond https://t.co/nyg8MjqNyD
— Peter Baker (@peterbakernyt) October 22, 2020
BREAKING: 7 former bipartisan FDA commissioners including former Trump commissioner condemn Trump administration politicization of the FDA.
— Andy Slavitt @ 🏡🇺🇸 (@ASlavitt) September 29, 2020
This is an enormous statement. https://t.co/pLMaV7pwpW
Trump, White House demand FDA justify tough standards for coronavirus vaccine, raising concerns of political interference https://t.co/8fTZuklCn8
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) September 26, 2020
In a stunning declaration of authority, Alex Azar, the health secretary, barred the nation’s health agencies, including the FDA, from signing any new rules regarding the nation’s foods, medicines, medical devices and other products, including vaccines https://t.co/Y66ATzWaw9
— NYT Politics (@nytpolitics) September 20, 2020
NEW: Inside a tumultuous week at the FDA, where an over-the-top WH announcement on plasma worried agency insiders that it became a prop in the president's reelection campaign and undermined its credibility. w/ @lauriemcginley2 @jdawsey1 @Carolynyjohnson https://t.co/FUEcyTz02n
— Yasmeen Abutaleb (@yabutaleb7) August 30, 2020
Sad! 