Dr. David Weldon’s CDC Nomination Was Killed at the Eleventh Hour

Big Pharma didn't want Weldon to lead the CDC. His letter explains why they made sure he didn't get the job.

Dr. David Weldon was just hours away from his Senate confirmation hearing when the Trump administration abruptly withdrew his nomination for director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Officially, he didn’t have the votes from two Republican holdouts. Unofficially? The move reeked of political pressure—specifically, from the most p…