Trump also confirmed that the FDA’s Deputy Commissioner for Food Kyle Diamantas, who the President called “a very talented person,” will replace Makary and serve as the agency’s acting head.
“He’s a great doctor, and he was having some difficulty,” Trump said of Makary while speaking to reporters outside the White House on Tuesday. “But he’s going to go on and he’s going to do well.”
Makary’s departure comes after the FDA last week announced its first approval of fruit-flavored e-cigarettes, a significant shift in the agency’s policy that has drawn criticism from health groups.
Makary reportedly clashed with Trump and others in the Administration over the decision to give that authorization, which he opposed. His concern over the move, due to such vapes’ appeal to young people, was what ultimately prompted Makary’s decision to resign, The New York Times reported, citing people familiar with the matter.
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