Last week, I sat down with one of the most powerful figures in American health care.
Yeah, let's be honest,
the FDA has had periods where it's been captured by the industry it's supposed to regulate.
Dr. Marty McCary is just four months into the job as the head of the Food and Drug Administration,
an agency that regulates one-fifth of all consumer spending.
And already, McCary is shaking up the agency.
We are rewriting the food pyramid.
The food guidance has been misinformation.
He wants to ban artificial food dyes, cut down drug approval times,
and use AI to speed up the work of scientists.
McCary is hoping to reshape the FDA in the name of the MAHA movement, Make America Healthy Again.
And MAHA has been highly critical of big food and big pharma,
blaming those industries for the ill health of the country.
I wanted to know how McCary was balancing when to work with these big corporate entities and when to push back.
Welcome to The Journal, our show about money, business, and power.
I'm Jessica Mendoza.
It's Tuesday, August 5th.
Coming up on the show, an interview with FDA Commissioner Marty McCary.
Thank you, Dr. Marty Makary.
Thank you for being here.