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FDA Announces Resolution of IV Saline Solutions Shortage

By Stephanie Brown HealthDay ReporterWEDNESDAY, Aug. 13, 2025 (HealthDay News) -- The nationwide shortage of sodium chloride ...

Drug Approvals Hit an FDA Wall

Therapies for rare and deadly disease are dying in Marty Makary’s shop.

FDA Commissioner Makary: Ban Targets Synthetic Concentrated 7-OH, Not Naturally Occurring Trace Amounts

FDA Commissioner Marty Makary said at a press conference Tuesday that scheduling "7-Hydroxymitragynine" (7-OH) kratom extract as an illegal drug will not impact kratom itself, despite trace amounts of ...
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FDA declares end to IV saline solutions shortage, but others persist

The end of the IV saline shortage follows another removal from the FDA’s shortage list in mid-July. Then, the agency removed ...

FDA chief says NIH ‘brewed up a virus that killed 20 million people’

Commissioner Marty Makary again promoted a conspiracy theory about the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic, accusing the ...

FDA Rehires Controversial Biologics Chief Just Days After Trump Fired Him

Vinay Prasad is once again head of the FDA’s Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, after Laura Loomer led a campaign ...

FDA Head Marty Makary on Food Dyes, Ultra-Processed Foods and the MAHA Agenda

The Food and Drug Administration commissioner reveals what health officials are prioritizing in a forthcoming report on ...

FDA commissioner predicts ‘record’ drug approvals this year

FDA Commissioner Marty Makary said the FDA’s review process will not slow down despite layoffs at the Department of Health and Human Services.
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FDA Commissioner Marty Makary: Starting Process To Schedule "7-Hydroxymitragynine" Kratom Extract As Dangerous, Illegal Opioid

FDA Commissioner Marty Makary said at a press conference Tuesday that the federal government is beginning to process to classify 7-Hydroxymitragynine (7-OH-MIT), a kratom extract sold at gas stations ...

FDA's Makary wants to increase drug access, reduce 'addictive' foods

FDA Commissioner Marty Makary spoke with Yahoo Finance about solving the food crisis, obesity crisis, and restoring trust in ...
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Hopkins' Marty Makary, Trump's choice for FDA, a 'brilliant surgeon ...

Marty Makary, a Johns Hopkins surgeon and author known for opposing some COVID-19 vaccine mandates, has sided with Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
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Marty Makary, often wrong as pandemic critic, is poised to lead the FDA ...

Marty Makary, President Donald Trump's pick to lead the FDA, listens during his March 6 confirmation hearing before the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee.