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riversedge

(78,834 posts) Sun Nov 2, 2025, 08:47 PM Nov 2

RFK Jr.'s top drug regulator resigns after 'revenge campaign' against ex-colleague: report

Source: raw story

Robert Davis November 2, 2025 8:05PM ET

The top drug regulator at the Food and Drug Administration resigned on Sunday after it was revealed he undertook a "revenge campaign" against a former colleague, according to a new report.

Dr. George Tidmarsh, who was appointed to lead the FDA's Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, or CDER, in June 2025, was accused of accepting bribes and defaming a former colleague in a lawsuit from a Canadian pharmaceutical company in Maryland on Sunday, the Wall Street Journal reported.

Tidmarsh had previously been put on administrative leave by the Department of Health and Human Services, which is led by Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., on Friday because of “serious concerns about his personal conduct,” according to the report.

“Secretary Kennedy expects the highest ethical standards from all individuals serving under his leadership and remains committed to full transparency,” a HHS spokesperson told WSJ.

The lawsuit accuses Tidmarsh of causing more than $350 million in damages to Aurinia Pharmaceuticals, a company making a kidney drug called voclosporin. The damages stemmed from a LinkedIn post Tidmarsh made, which said the drug had "not been shown to provide a direct clinical benefit for patients." The Journal described the statement as an "unusual" one for someone in Tidmarsh's position to make. ..........................

Read more: https://www.rawstory.com/health-and-human-services-2674258181/

One Trump Repug Down---how many more to go??

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RFK Jr.'s top drug regulator resigns after 'revenge campaign' against ex-colleague: report (Original Post) riversedge Nov 2 OP

Elbows up: lawsuit from a Canadian pharmaceutical company cbabe Nov 2 #1

"serious concerns about his personal conduct," Turbineguy Nov 2 #2

NYTs, no paywall.... reACTIONary Nov 2 #3

Expects high ethical standards BOSSHOG Nov 2 #4

cbabe

(5,931 posts)

1. Elbows up: lawsuit from a Canadian pharmaceutical company

Reply to riversedge (Original post)

Sun Nov 2, 2025, 08:55 PM

Nov 2

Took him down.

Turbineguy

(39,636 posts)

2. "serious concerns about his personal conduct,"

Reply to riversedge (Original post)

Sun Nov 2, 2025, 08:59 PM

Nov 2

He's cabinet material.

reACTIONary

(6,851 posts)

3. NYTs, no paywall....

Reply to riversedge (Original post)

Sun Nov 2, 2025, 09:05 PM

Nov 2

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/02/health/fda-drug-unit-chief.html?unlocked_article_code=1.yU8.I0EO.ynw3p1Ijm8t3&smid=url-share

Dr. Tidmarsh said he believed the review was opened in retaliation to concerns he raised last week about the legal basis of a new program for the rapid approval of some new drugs. He said in an interview Sunday that he believed the new program injected politics into the drug review program, superseding decisions based on science.

Dr. Tidmarsh also said that he did not want to work in a “toxic environment” that he attributed to Dr. Vinay Prasad, the agency’s chief medical and scientific officer, who also oversees vaccines and gene therapies. Dr. Prasad was ousted from the agency in July but brought back.

BOSSHOG

(44,136 posts)

4. Expects high ethical standards

Reply to riversedge (Original post)

Sun Nov 2, 2025, 09:06 PM

Nov 2

Until the cows come home.

Memo for all cabinet departments. Say highest ethical standards whenever the cameras are on. And look like you mean it. And damnit don’t giggle while they are in your spaces. Or else.

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