President Donald Trump’s pick for secretary of Health and Human Services said he will divest his interest in lawsuits against an HPV vaccine manufacturer.
In written responses to questions from Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., following his confirmation hearings on Wednesday and Thursday, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said that he would divest his interest in lawsuits against Merck, the maker of the HPV vaccine Gardasil, that were referred to the personal injury law firm Wisner Baum.
“If confirmed, you would be in a position to influence the outcome of Gardasil-related cases that you referred to Wisner Baum,” Warren wrote. “Given this apparent conflict of interest, do you commit to divest from your contingency fee interest in those cases?”
