Supercharging a New FDA: Marty Makary on Science, Power & Patients
January 15, 2026
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5 min read🎙️ The Speakers & Context
- The Format: One-on-one interview at the JP Morgan Healthcare Conference.
- The Key Players:
- Guest: Marty Makary, FDA Commissioner. Credible as a Johns Hopkins surgeon, public health professor, National Academy of Medicine member with 350+ publications; led hospital price transparency efforts via Trump-era executive order; outspoken COVID critic challenging masks, mandates, school closures, and natural immunity denial.
- Host: Dave (All-In Podcast-style interviewer), Silicon Valley investor probing biotech competitiveness, FDA inefficiencies.
- The Vibe: Technical, reformist, optimistic—Makary pitches aggressive deregulation as patriotic urgency against China.
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What you'll learn
- 1 (00:00) **🎙️ Introduction: Marty Makary**
- 2 (03:21) **FDA Reforms and Internal Pushback**
- 3 (07:50) **US vs. China Biotech Race**
- 4 (13:14) **Streamlining Drug Approval Phases**
- 5 (17:19) **Continuous Trials and Post-Market Surveillance**
- 6 (23:09) **Right to Try and Cell/Gene Therapies**
- 7 (29:17) **CAR-T and Shocking FDA Discoveries**
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Show Notes
(0:00) Friedberg intros FDA Commissioner Marty Makary
(3:21) Inside the 42 major FDA reforms in 10 months
(7:51) The China Race: Winning back biotech leadership
(13:14) Accelerating drug approvals safely, how to cut down on clinical trial timelines
(33:13) Reshaping the failed Food Pyramid
(41:29) GLP-1s and America's Obesity Epidemic
(49:54) Rethinking vaccines from first principles
(59:40) Lowering drug prices, the power of AI for healthcare
(1:18:57) What causes autism?
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