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Acting Food and Drug Administration · Acting CommissionerIn office

Approves the drugs and medical devices that move pharma stocks.

Kyle Diamantas was appointed, not elected. This file tracks the money next to the markets this office controls.

Drug approvalsMedical devicesFood safety
Official portrait of Kyle Diamantas
Kyle Diamantas
File B - The power

What this office controls

The FDA decides whether drugs, vaccines, medical devices, and many foods can be sold in the United States. A drug approval can change patient care and move a company's stock in one day. The agency also sets safety rules that manufacturers must follow.

File C - Before this office

Career

FDA Deputy Commissioner for Food · HHS senior counselor · Regulatory and compliance lawyer