Biotech group warns exit of top FDA vaccine official will ‘erode scientific standards’

Rare admonition from a sector that has largely been silent in the face of the second Trump administration

The US biotech industry's main lobby group issued a rare warning following the forced and abrupt resignation of the nation's top vaccine official at the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), saying the loss of his experienced leadership would erode scientific standards" and affect the development of transformative therapies to fight disease.

The statement, issued on Saturday by John Crowley of the Biotechnology Innovation Organization (BIO), followed the news a day earlier that Dr Peter Marks - who led the FDA division that ensured the safety of vaccines - had resigned over what he called misinformation and lies" from health secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr.

Stephanie Kirchgaessner contributed reporting