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FDA 动荡加剧:专员因机构处理丑闻方式而面临审查

在食品和药物管理局(FDA)的一个分部负责人因被指控利用其联邦权力对一位前商业伙伴进行报复而辞职几天后,这一丑闻又有了新的发展。美国卫生部长罗伯特·F·肯尼迪(Robert F. Kennedy Jr.)和他的高级副手将此事带到白宫,作为FDA领导层处于混乱状态的证据。由前硅谷投资者、现任卫生部副部长吉姆·奥尼尔(Jim O'Neill)领导的该团体将他们的不满向特朗普总统的首席工作人员苏西·威尔斯(Susie Wiles)提出,据接近会议的人士称。然后,他们转向了国内政策委员会的工作人员,据这些人称。

这些会议的目标是FDA专员马蒂·马卡里博士(Dr. Marty Makary),他是由肯尼迪任命的。然而,根据那些了解这些会议的人的说法,白宫拒绝了有些人认为是对他发动的政变企图。结果是一个脆弱的休战,但它让人们看到了美国卫生与公众服务部(Department of Health and Human Services)最高层的动荡,肯尼迪的专项项目和工作人员之间的内斗已优先于重大的政策问题。

根据消息来源,分部负责人的辞职是他与一位前商业伙伴长期争执的结果,这位前商业伙伴被指控从事未经批准的商业行为。据称,分部负责人利用他的联邦权力对该伙伴进行报复,这导致FDA官员之间的激烈辩论。“这是权力滥用和FDA内部缺乏问责制的明显例子,”一位高级行政官员说,他希望保持匿名。“我们不能让个人利用他们的职位对他人进行报复。”

FDA近几个月面临越来越多的审查,批评者指责该机构对新出现的健康威胁反应迟缓,并将制药公司的利益置于公共卫生之上。马卡里博士一直是FDA独立性的积极倡导者,他处于这一争议的中心。“FDA不是一个政治机构,我们必须确保我们的决定是由科学和证据指导的,而不是政治,”马卡里博士在一份声明中说。

白宫为马卡里博士辩护,称他是一位强有力的领导者,并采取了大胆的步骤来提高FDA的透明度和问责制。然而,一些立法者对该机构的领导层和潜在的利益冲突表示了担忧。“我们需要确保FDA能够有效和高效地运作,其决策是由公共利益而不是个人议程指导的,”来自缅因州的共和党参议员苏珊·柯林斯(Susan Collins)说。

FDA的当前状况仍不确定,一些官员预测该机构的领导层在未来几周内将会发生变化。白宫宣布计划对FDA的运作和政策进行彻底审查,这可能会导致重大变化。随着这一争议的继续发展,一件事是明确的:FDA的领导层面临着激烈的审查,该机构的未来远未确定。

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