The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has removed multiple members of the committee that advises the agency on vaccines, including Paul Offit, a vocal critic of RFK Jr. A spokesperson from the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) told The Epoch Times that the FDA informed multiple members of the Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee (VRBPAC) that their special government employee terms have expired. New: FDA has removed multiple vaccine advisers, spokesperson confirms. One is Dr. Paul Offit. https://t.co/UYfYfINaTs — Zachary Stieber (@ZackStieber) September 2, 2025 More from The Epoch Times: That means the individuals “can no longer participate in Advisory Committee work,” the spokesperson said. The only person who was listed as a member on the FDA website in August, but now is no longer listed as a member, is Dr. Paul Offit, who works at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. Offit, who did not respond to a request for comment, had been slated to serve on VRBPAC through Jan. 31, 2027. Two other members have terms listed as expiring the same day. A query to one returned an away message. The other did not reply. Although the VRBPAC only offers vaccine recommendations to the FDA, the agency usually accepts their advice without changes. “They didn’t say why. They just said that I’m not on the committee anymore,” Offit told BioSpace. “Somebody at HHS, I guess, didn’t want me to be on the committee. I can’t understand why. I mean, could I be more laudatory to RFK, Jr.?” he added. “Paul Offit, longtime member of the FDA’s vaccine advisory committee and an outspoken critic of Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., was recently informed by the Department of Health and Human Services that his services are no longer required. ‘They didn’t say why. They just… pic.twitter.com/DmOs43hpAA — Chief Nerd (@TheChiefNerd) September 2, 2025 BioSpace shared further info: All joking aside, Offit has made no secret of this fact that he is not Kennedy’s biggest fan. Of new FDA requirements announced in May that will require all new vaccines to be tested in placebo-controlled trials before they are approved, Offit told BioSpace, “It’s just anti-vaccine activism come to the policy side.” Also in May, Offit wrote an open letter to Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-LA), chairman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions, recommending that Kennedy step down as HHS Secretary. He reiterated that call on Tuesday. The “watershed moment” for Offit, he said, was when the measles epidemic broke out and “[Kennedy] goes on national television and says, ‘Measles vaccine kills people every year’—falsely. ‘Measles vaccine causes blindness. Measles vaccine causes deafness.’ Right there, he should have been fired.” In an X post following Monarez’s firing last week—after just 28 days in the position and following her reported refusal to support rescinding certain approvals for COVID-19 vaccines—Cassidy said the move “will require oversight by the HELP Committee.” But, according to Offit, the senior Republican senator from Louisiana is not doing enough. “He’s a United States Senator. He’s in a position of some power,” he said. Offit said that while he “appreciated” Cassidy standing up for the hepatitis B vaccine and recommending that the last Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) meeting in June be postponed after Kennedy purged all 17 members and replaced them with new members, some with anti-vaccine leanings, the nature of the senator’s efforts is insufficient. “He posts these things on X, and I can do that. He’s in a position of power. He should march into President [Donald] Trump’s office and say, ‘This is not the guy.’”