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Robert F. Kennedy Jr. forcing Peter Marks out of the Food and Drug Administration has blown a hole in the agency’s leadership ranks and threatens to unmoor the oversight of drugs and vaccines from bed...
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Peter Marks, who played a key role in President Donald Trump's first term in developing COVID-19 vaccines, will leave effective April 5, the Wall Street Journal and other media outlets reported on Fr...
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Vaccine makers’ stocks fell as the market opened Monday, with most companies’ stocks staying down at close.
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Vaccine makers were hit particularly hard yesterday, as Marks’ resignation letter alluded to disagreements with HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on vaccines. Moderna’s stock dropped 9%, while Vaxcyte’s plummeted 46% (though shares of Vaxcyte were also affected by disappointing results of a vaccine candidate.)
As the FDA wavers from cuts, changes and departures under the second Trump administration, another vital figure of the agency is heading for the exit. | In resigning as director of the FDA’s Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research,
Marks’ resignation leaves the field without a regulator many view as “integral” to its progress over the last decade.
Marks offered his resignation while citing Kennedy’s “misinformation and lies” and an “unprecedented assault on scientific truth” impacting public health.
It's not yet been a week since Marty Makary, M.D., was confirmed to lead the FDA as its commissioner. | Peter Marks, M.D., Ph.D., a target for RFK Jr. and allies, last week turned in his resignation as director of the FDA's Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research.
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Already reeling from years of market chaos, the announced departure of CBER chief Peter Marks sent a ripple across biopharma markets.
Pluvicto, Novartis’ blockbuster radiopharmaceutical for prostate cancer, has been greenlighted by the FDA for use earlier in treatment, nearly tripling the number of patients eligible for its use. Phase 3 data showed a 59% reduction in the risk of disease progression or death, cementing Pluvicto’s status as the crown jewel of radioligand therapy.