Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s mission to “Make America Healthy Again” doesn’t seem to be going so well. The new “health czar” continues to preside over the meltdown of America’s most critical health agencies—a development that obviously doesn’t bode well for Americans or their health. Case in point: This weekend, the Food and Drug Administration was thrown into chaos after one of its top drug regulators resigned from his position.
George Tidmarsh was formerly the head of the FDA’s Center for Drug Evaluation and Research. However, a lawsuit filed Sunday by Aurinia Pharmaceuticals, a Canadian pharmaceutical company, has claimed misconduct on Tidmarsh’s part, alleging that he depressed its stock by criticizing one of its drugs on LinkedIn, ABC previously reported. In a LinkedIn post, Tidmarsh apparently criticized voclosporin, a drug from Aurinia designed to treat lupus nephritis, an autoimmune disease. He reportedly wrote that voclosporin had “not been shown to provide a direct clinical benefit for patients” (the lawsuit claims these were “false and defamatory statements”). He later deleted the post, although the lawsuit claims that Aurinia’s stock plummeted 20 percent as a result of the comments, ABC writes.
Additionally, the suit claims Tidmarsh had waged a revenge campaign of sorts against the company’s board chairman, Kevin Tang. “Over the next six years, Dr. Tidmarsh repeatedly threatened that he would exact revenge against Mr. Tang,” the lawsuit says, according to ABC. The New York Times has added that the lawsuit claims Tidmarsh “attempted to extort” Tang, who has been described as a “former business associate” of Tidmarsh. In an interview with the newspaper, Tidmarsh denied the allegations.
Tidmarsh was also previously criticized because, under his leadership, the FDA has moved away from the expert review of new drugs, CBS previously reported. Tidmarsh was quoted as saying that advisory committee meetings for new drugs are “a tremendous amount of work for the company and for the FDA. We want to use that work and our time to focus on the big questions.”
At any rate, with Tidmarsh’s dramatic exit, that leaves the FDA in a state of flux. In text messages shared with Axios, FDA staffers expressed dismay at the chaos roiling the agency. Those text messages, while not shared directly with readers, are described by the outlet as showing “people disturbed by the turmoil and increasingly motivated to leave the agency — a threat heightened by how many experienced career officials have already left.” Axios also talked to former FDA employees and found very much the same: “I don’t know that I’ve talked to anyone who’s happy there,” one former staffer apparently told the outlet.
Gizmodo reached out to the HHS and FDA for comment. We also sent Mr. Tidmarsh a direct message and reached out to Aurinia Pharmaceuticals. A spokesperson for the FDA told the Times that, prior to his resignation, Tidmarsh had been placed on administrative leave “after the office of the general counsel and the office of the inspector general were notified of serious concerns about his personal conduct.”
Though he hasn’t been in office very long, Kennedy’s reign as America’s health czar has been marked by significant disruption and mayhem within the HHS. A number of agencies have seen significant turnover and layoffs. Earlier this year, the HHS fired thousands of staff and, more recently, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention saw a number of top officials step down in protest of Kennedy’s policies. Kennedy also fired all members of the CDC’s vaccine advisory committee. Last month, in an unprecedented move, six former U.S. Surgeons General wrote an op-ed characterizing Kennedy as a “profound, immediate and unprecedented threat” to Americans’ health and suggesting that he step down.
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![‘Project Hail Mary’ Won’t Be Coming to Streaming Any Time Soon
With all the excitement of movies to come this week thanks to CinemaCon, it was almost easy to forget that MGM provided an interesting update on one of our favorite movies of the year that’s already out: Project Hail Mary will head back to IMAX theaters this weekend for an extended theatrical run. But that extension also means one thing: you’ll have to wait to stream it at home for a good while longer. During its presentation at CinemaCon this week MGM confirmed that Phil Lord and Chris Miller’s sci-fi hit would make its return to IMAX screens for a limited-time, one-week run starting this weekend, a move that will likely inch Project Hail Mary ever closer to crossing the $600 million box office mark. But to put a finer point on the news, Miller took to Twitter yesterday to confirm specifically that the extension means you won’t be able to watch the film at home for the forseeable future.
We announced yesterday that MGM is extending the exclusive theatrical window for PROJECT HAIL MARY so it won’t be on streaming anytime soon. This is a movie that needs to be seen on a big screen – and w a full return to IMAX screens for 1 week only starting this weekend, make… https://t.co/suK8NYpgWM — Christopher Miller (@chrizmillr) April 16, 2026 “It won’t be on streaming any time soon,” Miller’s tweet reads in part. “This is a movie that needs to be seen on a big screen […] Bring friends and loved ones. It’s an experience to share with others.” Project Hail Mary launched on March 20, so it’s not too surprising that it’s not headed home just yet—it’s just shy of a month into its theatrical window, which has now been extended by at least another week with the return to IMAX. But as studios begin to try realigning towards more theatrical releases with longer exclusivity windows again (one of the lingering aftereffects of covid’s impact on movie theaters), we should probably expect some of the biggest films of the year and beyond to try and hold off of hitting streaming for as long as they can.
At least in Project Hail Mary‘s case, you can still go and see it somewhere, even if it’s not at home. Good things come to those who wait, but for now, you can head to a movie theater to get your fix again. Want more io9 news? Check out when to expect the latest Marvel, Star Wars, and Star Trek releases, what’s next for the DC Universe on film and TV, and everything you need to know about the future of Doctor Who. #Project #Hail #Mary #Wont #Coming #Streaming #TimeAmazon MGM,Project Hail Mary,Streaming ‘Project Hail Mary’ Won’t Be Coming to Streaming Any Time Soon
With all the excitement of movies to come this week thanks to CinemaCon, it was almost easy to forget that MGM provided an interesting update on one of our favorite movies of the year that’s already out: Project Hail Mary will head back to IMAX theaters this weekend for an extended theatrical run. But that extension also means one thing: you’ll have to wait to stream it at home for a good while longer. During its presentation at CinemaCon this week MGM confirmed that Phil Lord and Chris Miller’s sci-fi hit would make its return to IMAX screens for a limited-time, one-week run starting this weekend, a move that will likely inch Project Hail Mary ever closer to crossing the $600 million box office mark. But to put a finer point on the news, Miller took to Twitter yesterday to confirm specifically that the extension means you won’t be able to watch the film at home for the forseeable future.
We announced yesterday that MGM is extending the exclusive theatrical window for PROJECT HAIL MARY so it won’t be on streaming anytime soon. This is a movie that needs to be seen on a big screen – and w a full return to IMAX screens for 1 week only starting this weekend, make… https://t.co/suK8NYpgWM — Christopher Miller (@chrizmillr) April 16, 2026 “It won’t be on streaming any time soon,” Miller’s tweet reads in part. “This is a movie that needs to be seen on a big screen […] Bring friends and loved ones. It’s an experience to share with others.” Project Hail Mary launched on March 20, so it’s not too surprising that it’s not headed home just yet—it’s just shy of a month into its theatrical window, which has now been extended by at least another week with the return to IMAX. But as studios begin to try realigning towards more theatrical releases with longer exclusivity windows again (one of the lingering aftereffects of covid’s impact on movie theaters), we should probably expect some of the biggest films of the year and beyond to try and hold off of hitting streaming for as long as they can.
At least in Project Hail Mary‘s case, you can still go and see it somewhere, even if it’s not at home. Good things come to those who wait, but for now, you can head to a movie theater to get your fix again. Want more io9 news? Check out when to expect the latest Marvel, Star Wars, and Star Trek releases, what’s next for the DC Universe on film and TV, and everything you need to know about the future of Doctor Who. #Project #Hail #Mary #Wont #Coming #Streaming #TimeAmazon MGM,Project Hail Mary,Streaming](https://gizmodo.com/app/uploads/2026/04/project-hail-mary-ryan-gosling-1280x853.jpg)
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