{"id":297855,"date":"2026-02-18T19:23:21","date_gmt":"2026-02-18T19:23:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/297855\/"},"modified":"2026-02-18T19:23:21","modified_gmt":"2026-02-18T19:23:21","slug":"phrma-forum-shows-industry-divide-between-dr-oz-marty-makary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/297855\/","title":{"rendered":"PhRMA forum shows industry divide between Dr. Oz, Marty Makary"},"content":{"rendered":"

WASHINGTON \u2014 Two of health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.\u2019s top lieutenants struck decidedly different tones at a forum held Tuesday by the pharmaceutical industry group PhRMA.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Mehmet Oz, had a friendly on-stage conversation with Pfizer CEO and PhRMA board chair Albert Bourla in which he spoke of the benefits of vaccines, welcomed the idea of closed-door meetings with executives to hammer out policy ideas, and even suggested industry leaders should consider government jobs, despite Kennedy\u2019s own criticism of the \u201crevolving door\u201d between government and industry.<\/p>\n

Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Marty Makary, on the other hand, was grilled by former CNBC reporter Bertha Coombs about the agency\u2019s more skeptical approach to the regulation of vaccines, including the recent decision by top official Vinay Prasad<\/a> to refuse to review Moderna\u2019s application<\/a> for a new flu shot.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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