A Better Way To CNPV The confusing rollout of former FDA Commissioner Martin Makary’s Commissioner’s National Priority Voucher illustrates the value of the FDA’s usual deliberative process on a new program, former FDA officials agreed during a panel looking back at the Makary era. While the program has officially dropped the “Commissioner” from the name, all panelists still called it the CNPV, illustrating the close association with Makary.