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Dr. Peter Marks The longtime head of vaccine and drug approvals at the FDA on measles, missed opportunities, and resigning

- ALICE PARK

Marks served in the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for 13 years, most of them as director of the Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, overseeing the review and approval of vaccines (including the COVID-19 shots) and biologic therapies. The FDA is under the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), headed by vaccine skeptic Robert F. Kennedy Jr. On March 28, Marks resigned after he says he was pressed by officials at HHS to come in line with skepticism about the safety and effectiveness of vaccines or be fired.