@Gardner_LM

FDA politics & policy reporter @POLITICO. Honorary 🇨🇦. 26.2 x5. It's pronounced "wooder." RTs ≠ ;) [email protected] and on Signal @ gardnerlm.01

Joined December 2010
"The U.S. and Chinese regulatory moves underscore how Beijing and Washington view cross-border biopharma investment as a potential threat to the stability of supply chains for essential materials and products like medicines" w/@Gardner_LM politico.com/news/2026/10/22…
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The Pentagon awarded a $41 million contract in Feb to a Singaporean firm to develop a ketamine wafer for severe pain on the battlefield. An EUA declaration followed, giving iX Biopharma a path to get its drug to the military ahead of FDA approval. 1/2
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But the company's U.S. manufacturing partner lacks the NV state license needed to operate, calling into question its timeline. The outsourcer was sought out for iX's wellness biz, but iX also linked the facility to the DoD award's domestic manuf req. subscriber.politicopro.com/a…
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Oh my gosh, how awful. She was always so kind and was a great advocate for press access in the Senate.
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This news took my breath away this week. Laura was a fierce advocate for the press corps and fought hard for us. But she also made me laugh every day, even on the very hardest days at the Capitol. rollcall.com/2026/10/15/jour…
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I interviewed Brianne Dressen of @React19org about RFK Jr.'s new vaccine injury initiative. She attended this roundtable. But reporters weren't allowed in, so the public didn't hear patients' stories. Even NIH staff were urged to work from home. nytimes.com/2026/10/07/us/po…
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.@lisamurkowski says Heidi Overton was “very well rehearsed” during her Senate HELP Committee appearance today. The senator hasn’t yet decided if she will vote to confirm Overton
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JUST IN: Judge Kelly has ordered the Trump administration to address concerns by 12:30pm the WH /USSS is violating his order to restore media access to the White House.
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A POLITICO reporter was denied access to the White House and his press credentials confiscated after a judge ordered the Trump administration to immediately restore access for news organizations that President Donald Trump banned from the complex last week. politi.co/4dU7YX4
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Joint statement from the Standing and Executive Committees of Correspondents of Capitol Hill:
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“This is the opposite of going against corporate capture. This is complete corporate capture,” said Scarlett Fang, a MAHA supporter who helped campaign for RFK Jr Kennedy’s MAHA movement now has corporate sponsors including OpenAi, Anthropic, Walmart politico.com/news/2026/09/20…
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NEW: Trump asked Russ Vought to draft an EO to create a board to decide on NIH grants, after the NIH Director refused Trump’s request to cut Harvard funding in a heated Oval Office meeting on Friday. - Vought, Bhattacharya & others would be part of the board, which would have to reach unanimous decisions on grant awards - “The president called him into the principal’s office,” one person said. - Linda McMahon was also in the meeting but she did not participate in the fighting - Others present: Bessent, Stephen Miller, Will Scharf & Mark Paoletta. w/ the great @Tim_Roehn politico.com/news/2026/09/19…
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NEW: Rand Paul and his staff travel by private jet with taxpayer dollars while preaching fiscal restraint politico.com/news/2026/09/11…
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VERY SAD FOR ME (Also happy for @davidalim or whatever)
Excited to join an incredible team at @semafor to launch health coverage!
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CHOP is the most popular thing in Philly besides the Eagles
This WSJ story on John Fetterman is wild especially on him blowing off a meeting with Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia who were concerned about Medicaid cards: “Behind closed doors, the first-term senator shows little interest in doing the job beyond cultivating relationships with conservative media figures and advocating for Israel.” wsj.com/politics/policy/john…
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NEW: Pa health workers fighting the largest ongoing measles outbreak in US are using a behind-the-scenes strategy: giving vaccines around a family’s kitchen table. Literally meeting ppl where they are. Me + @rachel_roubein washingtonpost.com/health/20…
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POLITICO is hiring two reporters for our stellar health care team, including a Hill reporter and someone to write Prescription Pulse with *yours truly*. FDA: politico.wd108.myworkdayjobs… Congress: politico.wd108.myworkdayjobs…
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Scoop with @joshgerstein: An Army doctor told a federal court she’s working with @SecKennedy and @SecWar to probe whether troops died from Covid-19 vaccines after @JoeBiden mandated the shots for service members in 2021: politico.com/news/2026/09/03…
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