{"id":441286,"date":"2025-12-12T00:55:22","date_gmt":"2025-12-12T00:55:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/441286\/"},"modified":"2025-12-12T00:55:22","modified_gmt":"2025-12-12T00:55:22","slug":"mutual-mistrust-fda-staff-wary-as-hoeg-becomes-top-drug-regulator","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/441286\/","title":{"rendered":"Mutual mistrust: FDA staff wary as H\u00f8eg becomes top drug regulator"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>WASHINGTON \u2014 In 2008, Tracy Beth H\u00f8eg, then a resident physician and ultramarathon runner, expressed dismay at vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin\u2019s denial of climate change.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo stare such abundant scientific evidence in the face and make the blanket statement that you don\u2019t believe it,\u201d H\u00f8eg wrote on <a href=\"https:\/\/sealegsgirl.blogspot.com\/2008\/09\/closer-look-at-palin.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">her blog<\/a>. \u201cWhat will the future of the planet be in the hands of someone who bases their decisions on belief rather than scientific evidence?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Seventeen years later, as the top drug regulator in the United States, H\u00f8eg faces accusations from staff at the Food and Drug Administration of doing the very same thing.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>On Monday, H\u00f8eg will <a href=\"https:\/\/www.statnews.com\/2025\/12\/03\/tracy-beth-hoeg-lead-center-for-drug-evaluation-and-research\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">become acting director of the FDA\u2019s Center for Drug Evaluation and Research<\/a>. It\u2019s a role where dispassionately reviewing complicated scientific evidence about the benefits and harms of medical treatments is paramount. H\u00f8eg, her bosses, and former colleagues say she is up to the task.<strong> <\/strong>But in her nine months as scientific adviser to FDA Commissioner Marty Makary, H\u00f8eg\u2019s track record has raised questions about her ability to<strong> <\/strong>oversee drug regulation without bias.<\/p>\n<p class=\"restricted-text\">STAT+ Exclusive Story<\/p>\n<p class=\"restricted-login\">Already have an account? <a href=\"https:\/\/www.statnews.com\/login\/\" data-stat-login=\"\" data-stat-paywall-cta=\"breaker login cta\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Log in<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"restricted-content-breaker-bg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/stat-plus-breaker-bg.png\" alt=\"STAT+\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.statnews.com\/stat-plus\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"stat-plus-logo\" src=\"https:\/\/www.statnews.com\/wp-content\/themes\/stat\/images\/stat-plus-logo-white.svg\" alt=\"STAT+\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\tThis article is exclusive to STAT+ subscribers<br \/>\n\t\t\t\tUnlock this article \u2014 plus in-depth analysis, newsletters, premium events, and news alerts.<\/p>\n<p class=\"restricted-content-breaker-wrapper-cta mobile\">Already have an account? <a href=\"https:\/\/www.statnews.com\/login\/\" data-stat-login=\"\" data-stat-paywall-cta=\"breaker login cta mobile\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Log in<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\tIndividual plans<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\tGroup plans<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.statnews.com\/stat-plus\/\" class=\"stat-button view-all\" data-stat-paywall-cta=\"breaker view all plans\" aria-label=\"View All Plans\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">View All Plans<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"restricted-content-text\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tTo read the rest of this story subscribe to STAT+.\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.statnews.com\/stat-plus\/\" class=\"stat-button restricted-button\" data-stat-paywall-cta=\"breaker subscribe cta 1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Subscribe<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"WASHINGTON \u2014 In 2008, Tracy Beth H\u00f8eg, then a resident physician and ultramarathon runner, expressed dismay at vice&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":441287,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[150,16591,151,210,1141,1142,152,153,154,67,132,68,2857],"class_list":{"0":"post-441286","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-health-care","8":"tag-biotechnology","9":"tag-drug-development","10":"tag-fda","11":"tag-health","12":"tag-health-care","13":"tag-healthcare","14":"tag-pharmaceuticals","15":"tag-policy","16":"tag-stat","17":"tag-united-states","18":"tag-unitedstates","19":"tag-us","20":"tag-vaccines"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115703876865896087","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/441286","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=441286"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/441286\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/441287"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=441286"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=441286"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=441286"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}