CDER chief Høeg fired from FDA as other top roles turn over

Tracy Beth Høeg (AP Photo/Mike Stewart) May 15, 2026 04:27 PM EDT FDA+ Break­ing: CDER chief Høeg, a skep­tic of vac­cines and an­ti­de­pres­sants, ex­pect­ed to leave FDA, ac­cord­ing to source Max Bayer Senior Reporter Drew Armstrong Executive Editor The leader of the FDA’s drug di­vi­sion, Tra­cy Beth Høeg, is ex­pect­ed to de­part the agency fol­low­ing the re­cent ex­it of Com­mis­sion­er Mar­ty Makary, ac­cord­ing … Sign up to read this article for free. Get free access to a limited number of articles, plus choose newsletters to get straight to your inbox. SIGN UP LOG IN BECOME A PREMIUM SUBSCRIBER