FDA turmoil deepens as top drug chief departs claiming she was fired
Dr Tracy Beth Høeg, the Food and Drug Administration’s top drug regulator, says she was fired from agency after declining to resign
In a major shake-up at the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA), top regulators left on Friday – including Tracy Beth Høeg, the acting drug chief, who says she was fired, and Katherine Szarama, the acting vaccines chief who has only been in the position for days.
Jim Traficant, chief of staff, has also been ousted.
The FDA now has no permanent commissioner or deputy commissioner and no permanent leaders of two major centers, after the https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/may/12/marty-makary-fda-trump-administration">resignation of Marty Makary on Tuesday and other high-profile departures.
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