FDA drug center head expected to leave after commissioner's exit, sources say

FDA drug center acting chief fired after commissioner's exit

Tracey Beth Hoeg cast doubt on COVID-19 vaccines and helped lead the effort to overhaul the U.S. childhood vaccination schedule.

RFK ally confirms she was fired by FDA: 'I learned so much and leave with no regrets'

A Food and Drug Administration official involved in scrutinizing the safety of antidepressants, COVID-19 vaccines and other widely used therapies has been removed from her role leading the agency’s drug program. Dr. Tracy Beth Hoeg will be replaced as FDA’s acting drug center director by Dr. Mike Davis, who has been serving as deputy director, according to an email sent to agency staff Friday that was obtained by The Associated Press. Hoeg said …

FDA shakeup continues with departure of top drug regulator, just days after agency chief resigns

Dr. Tracy Beth Høeg is leaving her role as head of the FDA division that regulates over-the-counter and prescription drugs, according to a Department of Health and Human Services official. Høeg, a sports medicine doctor who criticized Covid shots for children during the pandemic, served as acting director of the Food and Drug Administration’s Center for Drug Evaluation and Research for about five months. She was the fifth person to hold the post…

FDA official who scrutinized COVID shots and antidepressants is out in latest shake-up

The Food and Drug Administration's top drug official is leaving in the latest shake-up at the powerful health agency. Dr.

FDA Drug Chief Tracey Hoeg Fired Days After After Marty Makary's Exit— Says Order Came From 'Way Above'

Tracey Beth Hoeg was fired as FDA drug division chief amid a broader Trump administration shake-up at the health department.

Top drug regulator is fired from the FDA after refusing to resign

She said she did not know who had ordered her firing or why, nor whether Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. knew of her fate.