An angry Azar floats plans to oust FDA’s Hahn

An angry Azar floats plans to oust FDA’s Hahn-politico:  Infuriated by the FDA’s defiance in a showdown over the Trump administration’s standards for authorizing a coronavirus vaccine, health secretary Alex Azar has spent recent weeks openly plotting the ouster of FDA chief Stephen Hahn.

FDA struggles to remain independent amid race for virus cure

FDA struggles to remain independent amid race for virus cure-politico: Peter Marks was a natural fit for a new White House project tasked with developing a coronavirus vaccine. The cancer specialist spent nearly a decade at the Food and Drug Administration, most recently overseeing the office that approves vaccines and gene therapies.