Four Top RFK Appointees Allowed To Keep Drug Stocks
- Four of the eight members appointed by Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to the United States Preventive Services Task Force retain stock in companies affected by the panel's decisions, according to conflict-of-interest waivers.
- Historically, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality required task force candidates to sell pharmaceutical stocks, but new waivers now permit members to maintain investments in firms like Eli Lilly and Pfizer.
- Dr. Patrick K. Hunter and Dr. Ronald P. Karlsberg hold pharmaceutical stocks, with AHRQ director Dr. Roger D. Klein arguing each member individually has "no power to render a final decision on behalf of the United States."
- Former AHRQ scientific director Dr. Quyen Ngo-Metzger stated that such industry involvement "undermines the trust in the process," arguing candidates should divest to maintain public confidence.
- Department of Health and Human Services spokesperson Emily Hilliard said Supreme Court rulings defining members as "special government employees" necessitate these waivers, which federal law provides as an "appropriate remedy" for conflicts.
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New members of the powerful U.S. Preventive Services Working Group obtained exemptions to serve despite financial conflicts of interest.
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