Who Is Kyle Diamantas? FDA Food Chief Likely to Lead Agency After Marty Makary's Exit
The administration is searching for a permanent leader as Diamantas faces questions over drug and device oversight at the FDA.
- On Tuesday, FDA Commissioner Marty Makary resigned from the Department of Health and Human Services, and the Trump administration appointed Kyle Diamantas, previously director of the Human Foods Program, as acting commissioner.
- Diamantas, a key architect of the 2025 Dietary Guidelines for Americans, has also overseen the agency's "Operation Stork Speed," meant to improve infant formula supply safety testing and food labeling reform.
- Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Chairman Bill Cassidy told the Washington Examiner he hopes Diamantas is "only the acting director for a very short period of time," citing concerns about his lack of medical device and pharmaceutical expertise.
- HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. expressed "full confidence" in Diamantas on Tuesday, stating the search for a permanent commissioner "is already underway and we will move forward with urgency."
- Facing a tough Republican primary reelection bid on Saturday, Cassidy has clashed with the White House over nominations, including the withdrawn candidacy of Casey Means and the pending confirmation of Nicole Saphier.
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