Acting FDA commissioner pledges to prevent political interference in rare disease meeting

Acting FDA Commissioner Kyle Diamantas (Francis Chung/Politico via AP Images) June 4, 2026 01:53 PM EDTUpdated 02:40 PM FDA+ Act­ing FDA com­mis­sion­er pledges to pre­vent po­lit­i­cal in­ter­fer­ence in rare dis­ease meet­ing Zachary Brennan Senior Editor Ex­ec­u­tives from 15 rare dis­ease-fo­cused non­prof­its met on Wednes­day with act­ing FDA Com­mis­sion­er Kyle Dia­man­tas and se­nior staff. In the meet­ing, Dia­man­tas made it clear … 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