FDA Drug Center Head Fired After Commissioner's Exit, Replaced by Davis
Hoeg said she was removed after refusing to resign as the FDA faces a widening leadership vacuum and several key posts remain unfilled.
- On Friday, the FDA fired Tracy Beth Hoeg, acting head of the Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, after she refused to resign from her position.
- Hoeg's dismissal follows the resignation of FDA Commissioner Marty Makary earlier this month, marking the latest departure in an ongoing leadership shake-up at the agency.
- A vaccine skeptic who hosted a podcast titled "Vaccine Curious," Hoeg led efforts to reduce recommended childhood vaccines from 17 to 11 in January.
- Michael Davis, the deputy director of the Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, has been appointed as acting director, while Karim Mikhail replaced Vinay Prasad at the biologics center.
- With multiple senior leaders departing, observers are questioning the future direction of the FDA and whether the agency will return to conventional regulatory operations.
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