FDA Commissioner Marty Makary aims to form a proactive agency to spur an agenda to examine ultraprocessed foods, food additives, and environmental toxins.
“We will transition from a purely reactionary health care system to one that is proactive, intellectually curious about underlying causes, and financially aligned to promote health—not just treat sickness,” Makary wrote in a JAMA Network Open paper published Tuesday that shared the Food and Drug Administration’s new priorities.
“At the same time, the FDA must have the courage to create new pathways for therapeutic and device developers to respond to the current forest fire that is the ...