Robert Kennedy Jr., an environmental lawyer with no medical or public health background, has been nominated to lead the Department of Health and Human Services. His nomination is facing strong opposition due to his past promotion of vaccine misinformation and conspiracy theories. Despite this, Kennedy has also proposed some common-sense health measures like tackling ultra-processed foods and emphasizing preventive care. He aims to reform the pharmaceutical industry through proposals like changing the Prescription Drug User Fee Act (PDUFA) and reviewing direct-to-consumer advertising guidelines.
An environmental lawyer with no medical or public health training, Kennedy is an unconventional pick to lead the vast agency, which comprises the Food and Drug Administration, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institutes of Health, and Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.
“One of the things I’m going to advise Donald Trump to do in order to correct the chronic disease epidemic is to ban pharmaceutical advertising on TV,” Kennedy said in a video from a campaign rally he posted on X in early November. The FDA has the ability to set new rules for pharmaceutical advertising, and in fact, the agency spent more than a decade working on new guidelines aimed at increasing transparency around drug risks and side effects.
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