Trump’s FDA & NIH nominees advance to final Senate confirmation

Trump’s FDA and NIH picks have just cleared the committee hearings and are to tee up final for final Senate confirmation vote.
President Trump’s nominees to head the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and Food and Drug Administration (FDA) cleared a key Senate committee largely along party lines Thursday, paving the way for a full floor vote to confirm them.

The Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee approved Dr. Jayanta Bhattacharya’s nomination to be NIH director in a 12-11 vote and backed Dr. Martin Makary’s bid to be FDA commissioner in a 14-9 vote.

Both men are now expected to breeze through a full-fledged Senate confirmation vote within days, as Trump rounds out his public health team.

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