Welcome to Wellness on Mass. I'm Dr. Nicole Sapphire, where we peel back the headlines and uncover what's really happening in the world of health and medicine.

I'm joined by someone today who needs little introduction, Dr. Marty McCarrie, who's now serving as the commissioner of the FDA.

We are going to talk about his vision for the agency, what changes may be on the horizon,

and how the FDA plans to strike a better balance between innovation, safety, and transparency.

And now we're not just going to talk to him about the missteps that occurred during COVID

and how the vaccines and the COVID boosters were continuously recommended into perpetuity without new data.

We are also going to talk about the expedited approvals of the GLP-1s where it comes to weight

loss. Are too many people using them? Do we even have safety data? And what decisions the FDA are

going to make about these medications? I also want to ask him about American small businesses

who are being crushed under the FDA. We're specifically talking about the hygiene,

cosmetic, and wellness industries. Did you realize that if you have a small business owner

here in the United States making an organic shampoo and conditioner, they're subjected to

costly testing, stringent guidelines, and also subject

to consistent inspections, where if you look to China, the companies that are making cheap

shampoo and conditioner are able to sell it for cheap because they are not under the same rules

as the FDA. Why not? Americans are consuming those as well.

Why is it not fair to the American small business owner? This goes completely against the America

First Agenda. So I want to ask Dr. McCarrie about that as well. More coming up on wellness

unmasked with Dr. Nicole Sapphire.

All right, well, we're extremely excited to have the new FDA Commissioner,

my friend and former colleague, Dr. Marty McCarrie, join us today on Wellness Unmask.

Marty, let's talk about the FDA.

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