The best vaccine regulator of the Food and Drug Administration stopped his mail with a destructive letter of resignation that the health secretary closed for appreciating wrong information about truth and transparency '.
Peter Marks, an old member of the FDA since 2012, sent his resignation on Friday, referring to the 'relevant' vaccine stresses of the current administration, according to a letter published by the Washington Post.
In the letter, addressed to Sara Brenner, the acting commissioner of food and drugs, he explained that he had been willing to work with Robert F Kennedy JR on vaccine safety, but noticed that 'truth and transparency were not desirable by the secretary'.
Marks went on, “he's earlier [Kennedy] Wishes subordinate confirmation of his wrong information and lies. '
“I hope that the unprecedented attack on scientific truth that has a negative influence on public health in our nation in the coming years has put an end, so that the citizens of our country can fully benefit from the width of progress in medical science,” added.
“Although I will regret that I cannot be part of future work at the FDA, I am really grateful that I have had the opportunity to work with such a remarkable group of individuals of the FDA and will do my best to continue to promote public health in the future,” he concluded.
Marks also described his time as director of the Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research and praised his colleagues at the FDA.
He came up with the plan for Operation Warp Speed ​​in March 2020 and accelerated the vaccination development for COVID-19.
Peter Marks, a member of the FDA since 2012 and director of the Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, resigned from his position on Friday
Marks' letter of resignation made secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Close for not desire 'truth and transparency' on vaccines
Marks was an important part of Operation Warp Speed ​​that described a plan for vaccine implementation in response to the COVID-19 Pandemie
Marks was also part of the team that responded to the MPOX epidemic in 2022 and warned in his letter that an equally quick response would be needed to combat HVN1 in the coming years.
He argued in the letter for safety and importance of vaccines, with details about the history of their impact that goes back to the smallpox outbreak in 1777.
Marks ensured that vaccines do not cause autism and argued that the outbreak of measles in Texas is a hard memory of what happens when science is undermined by civil servants.
The advocacy for vaccines presents a stark contrast with Kennedy, which has often driven the skepticism of vaccines.
He said earlier that being vaccinated was a 'personal decision' and rejected the recent outbreak of measles as 'not unusual'.
Sources close to the case revealed to the Wall Street Journal that Marks was pushed out of his position.
An official at HHA told the publication: “If Peter Marks does not want to restore science to his gold standard and promotes radical transparency, he has no place at FDA under the strong leadership of secretary Kennedy.”
Another source that was familiar with the tension between the two told the WSJ that Marks Kennedy had sent a memo to present listening sessions about immunisations.
Markings Detailed the history of vaccines in the US in his letter of resignation and arguing against the conspiracy theory that vaccinations are linked to autism
Kennedy was confirmed on February 13, 2025 as director of Health and Human Services, despite a recoil on his earlier comments about vaccines
An anonymous source at the HHS told the Washington Post that Marks had no 'place at the FDA' because he did not shared Kennedy's vision in front of the agency.
Two sources that spoke with the Washington Post said that the departments between Kennedy and Marks resulted in an ultimatum for the former director – resign or are dismissed.
Kennedy's unconventional views have caused several gorges in the agency, with figures being the third officer who left the FDA this year, after the resignation of drug leader Dr. Patrizia Cavazzoni and Chief Jim Jones of human food.
The earlier doubts of the secretary about vaccines were a point of discussion during his confirmation hearing.
However, Kennedy had stopped the comments during his hearings and told Senator Bill Cassidy that he would increase confidence in vaccines if he were confirmed.
He added that he would not change the approval systems for vaccine if the secretary, who fell under the jurisdiction of Marks.
Since his confirmation, Kennedy has asked the centers for disease control and prevention to look at connections between autism and vaccines, a conspiracy theory that has repeatedly invalidated.
Kennedy also announced on Thursday that 10,000 employees would be dismissed in the health department.
“I want to promise you now that we will do more with less,” he said in a video on social media.
Sources close to the issue revealed to the Washington Post and the Wall Street Journal that Marks was pushed out of his position for his various opinions about vaccine to RFK Jr.
Medical experts have expressed concern about the views of Kennedy that are now intensified with the departure of Marks.
Dr. Paul Offit, director of the vaccine Education Center in the Piladelphia children's hospital and a FDA vaccine adviser, told CNN that he expects Kennedy to hire officials to rent 'Shehorn Data' and pedal complimination theories about vaccines and autism.
Dr. Ashish K. JHHA, who served as the COVID-19 Respons coordinator of the White House in 2022 and 2023 wrote on X that is dismissal, “makes the FDA dramatically weaker, less effective.”
Marks will continue to serve as director of the Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research until 5 April.
Dailymail.com contacted the FDA for comment on his resignation, but did not immediately hear again.
