Marty Makary, Trump nominee to lead FDA, pledges to avoid conflicts if confirmed The pancreatic surgeon said he would step down from advisory roles and sell certain assets

https://www.statnews.com/2025/03/03/marty-makary-trump-nominee-fda-ethics-disclosures/?utm_campaign=morning_rounds&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-9wtZmwqeHt58_wiGx-hmv4ozigVdrNpCvIQFMkEjT_ypl8JP3ImihecuUNmo5F_qkDuwwoPpRziFuRDsmFAcOVyDxDxA&_hsmi=349955347&utm_content=349955347&utm_source=hs_email Makary vows to avoid conflicts if confirmed as FDA chief Ahead of Thursday’s confirmation hearings, Marty Makary has pledged to leave his roles as adviser to health tech, medical device, and telehealth startups and to sell stock he owns in those companies if confirmed as FDA commissioner, his financial disclosures say. Makary doesn’t hold stock in large pharmaceutical companies, in contrast to outgoing commissioner Robert Califf and other former leaders of the regulatory agency who have been called out for close industry ties. https://www.statnews.com/2025/02/19/dr-oz-ethics-financial-disclosures-net-worth-trump-pick-cms-unitedhealth-hca-stock/?utm_campaign=morning_rounds&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-9PH2aaDgM3pHQ_dgaYkCfNmYnVnIhQQfS6unJOLfulMmQFzbOkh618AnJerAxhawC_dY4-wBazNXWasZnS8ziqLNnmuw&_hsmi=349955347&utm_content=349955347&utm_source=hs_email The filings say the value of Makary’s assets range from around $13 million to $54 million. That’s modest compared to the assets declared by Mehmet Oz, nominated to head the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. His holdings come in somewhere between $95 million and $334 million. STAT’s Lizzy Lawrence has more financial details on Trump’s nominee, plus some opinions that have sparked controversy, although perhaps less fiery than reactions to other White House picks https://www.statnews.com/2021/11/23/califf-millions-pharma-tech/?utm_campaign=morning_rounds&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-9JIA1Wnc1DQzuUwn9CySIHakd0dNs8XqWNQ7nJq1GjU38fSjv0KwIq55k9q0eovO9lBYQiag9i0K-hVTDMZXj4KXwXOA&_hsmi=349955347&utm_content=349955347&utm_source=hs_email