The California Stem Cell Report

California's Stem Cell/Gene Therapy Agency, a Man Named Marks and the Future

His departure unsettles biomedical world and investors

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David Jensen
Mar 31, 2025
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Peter Marks — FDA photo

Nobody knows who Peter Marks is. Or at least 99.8 percent* of Americans don’t. However, over the past several days, Marks made a few modest headlines in the mainstream media and more in the biomedical world.

Until last week, Peter Marks was the director of the Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research (CBER) at the Food and Drug…

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