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Health reporter @POLITICO covering the @US_FDA. Prescription Pulse co-author. Tips: [email protected]. DM for Signal.
Washington D.C.
Joined July 2009
FDA's top drug regulator, George Tidmarsh, with a potentially market-moving LinkedIn post for DMD developers like Sarepta... Odd that this wasn't sent through official channels.
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ACIP day 2 starts with the panel voting to table their planned hepatitis B vote. “We’re not going to make any votes on the hepatitis B vaccine today,” the ACIP chair said. Today is the last day of the meeting. https://t.co/bzREsBgx9o
@Gardner_LM @davidalim
politico.com
The panel also revisited a Thursday vote related to coverage for a different vaccine.
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Cassidy watch:
These high profile departures will require oversight by the HELP Committee.
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New: White House confirms it has terminated CDC Director Susan Monarez after she declined to resign. “As her attorney’s statement makes abundantly clear, Susan Monarez is not aligned with the President’s agenda of Making America Healthy Again,” White House spokesperson Kush
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Is this the closest FDA has come to endorsing an off label use of a medicine or vaccine?
100% of adults in this country can still get the vaccine if they choose. We are not limiting availability to anyone.
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Inside the effort to oust Susan Monarez as CDC director: w/ @davidalim
https://t.co/kJaOQ6xcZP
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Susan Monarez became the first Senate-confirmed leader of the disease-fighting agency.
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You should hire Victoria ASAP!
Some news: Aug. 28 will be my last day at Axios. I'm proud of the work I've done these past three years covering & breaking congressional health policy news. I'm now looking for health care & Congress reporter roles. Please reach out if you are hiring or know of anyone who is!
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NEW: The limits of Loomering Chief of Staff Susie Wiles intervened to rehire an FDA official who was fired after Laura Loomer targeted him. W/ @davidalim @Tim_Roehn
https://t.co/frHAVDe4BR
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RT @CDCMonarez: We at @CDCgov are heartbroken by today’s attack on our Roybal Campus, which remains on lockdown as authorities investigate…
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It is unfortunate that the Secretary just canceled a half a billion worth of work, wasting the money which is already invested. He has also conceded to China an important technology needed to combat cancer and infectious disease. President Trump wants to Make America Healthy
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How many customers do we believe have the ability (or willingness) to pay out of pocket for brand name drugs? A simple reading of the literature on increasing cost sharing suggests that people are not prepared to pay cash for these products - even if it is at the net and not the
Pfizer CEO and PhRMA board chair Albert Bourla on industry's talks with Trump about DTC programs as part of MFN demands: we're down.
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“President Donald Trump overruled his health secretary and FDA chief on Tuesday, and ordered the removal of the government’s top vaccine regulator,” report @davidalim & @Gardner_LM New front in the ongoing admin personnel war 👇 https://t.co/jkMP7fE2bp
politico.com
The president overruled his HHS secretary and FDA chief, four people with knowledge of the decision tell POLITICO.
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“I've taken that same anointing upon Ronald, speaking of Ronald Reagan, and I've put it upon my Donald .” @TheElijahList @ElijahStreamsTV
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Trump drove top FDA vax official’s firing over RFK Jr.’s wishes as Vinay Prasad faced growing criticism from the right. Now the admin might split vax oversight into a separate FDA body, which could give Kennedy an avenue to placate skeptics. W/@davidalim
politico.com
The president overruled his HHS secretary and FDA chief, four people with knowledge of the decision tell POLITICO.
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One notable scoop in this story: The Trump administration is weighing splitting the FDA's Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research into two bodies: one focused on vaccine regulation and one on therapeutics.
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President Donald Trump overruled HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and FDA Commissioner Marty Makary, ordering the removal of top FDA vaccine regulator Vinay Prasad. w/ @Gardner_LM:
politico.com
The president overruled his HHS secretary and FDA chief, four people with knowledge of the decision tell POLITICO.
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Hospitals lost bigly in the big beautiful bill. But the war may not be over. New from me @davidalim and @amandalanchu on how hospitals strike back.
politico.com
The most painful health care provisions in the new Republican law don’t take effect for years, giving lobbyists plenty of time to undo them.
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Senate appropriators OKed their first funding bill of the year today ... and then had to recess (likely until at least next wk) because so many lawmakers wanted to change their votes. The reason for the drama: the FBI headquarters fight that won't die. @davidalim
politico.com
Senate appropriators are scrambling to figure out whether they can salvage the Commerce-Justice-Science bill.
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Today, we approved the first long-acting flea & tick treatment to protect dogs against fleas & ticks for 8 to 12 months. For more info, see: https://t.co/0U3Hfi89wb
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Now official: Rep. Morgan Griffith is the new chair of the House Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee.
Scoop: Rep. Morgan Griffith (R-Va.) is in line to be announced Thursday as the next chair of the House Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee. Rep. Buddy Carter is stepping down as the top GOP member on the subcommittee to focus on his Senate campaign. https://t.co/rNZgdtbOkO
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MASSIE on flipping his rule vote to no: “If this goes down, it’s the only vote of record.”
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