Martin Makary, president-elect Donald Trump’s pick to lead the US Food and Drug Administration, is a self-professed supporter of evidence-based medicine, which excited potential stakeholders, at least at first.
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Martin Makary prides himself on following the data, but some health policy experts said his positions sometimes stray from or distort the evidence, which could create trust issues.

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