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FDA Shake-Up: Vinay Prasad Exits Amid Tumult in Biologics Oversight
Prasad’s short FDA tenure brought stricter review standards for gene and COVID vaccines, sparking biotech concern and political backlash.
BioSpace4h
New CDER Head Tidmarsh Will Sub In At Biologics Group After Prasad’s Exit
George Tidmarsh has only been at the Center for Drug Evaluation and Research for nine days, but will now add supervision of a ...
FDA’s top vaccine regulator departs amid conservative criticism
Vinay Prasad, the top vaccine regulator and chief scientific officer at the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and a critic ...
Prasad’s FDA exit may accelerate cell and gene therapy approvals
Vinay Prasad, head of the Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research (CBER) at the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA), ...
FDA vaccine chief leaving agency after less than 3 months
The Food and Drug Administration’s polarizing vaccine chief is leaving the agency after a brief tenure that drew the ire of ...
Healio5h
Oncologist who served as FDA’s chief medical officer, top vaccine official departs agency
A controversial hematologist-oncologist who joined FDA this spring and quickly became its top regulator has left the ...
Senate confirms CDC director as top FDA official resigns under political pressure
In a 51–47 vote along party lines, the Senate confirmed Monarez as the director of the Centers for Disease Control and ...
FDA chief scientific officer Vinay Prasad resigns
Dr. Vinay Prasad, the chief scientific officer at the Food and Drug Administration, has resigned after only three months in ...
The New York Sun7h
FDA’s Top Regulator Is Out Amid MAHA Backlash Over Blocking Access to a $3.2 Million Per Dose Therapy for Rare Disorder in Boys
Vinay Prasad, who came under fire from patient advocacy groups and Laura Loomer, is gone after less than three months on the ...
BioSpace7h
Exit Stage Right: With Prasad Out, Analysts Hope for More Traditional Replacement
As analysts parsed news of Vinay Prasad’s ouster, worries over drug approval delays, cell and gene therapy impacts and more ...
US FDA's top vaccine official Vinay Prasad leaves agency after 3 months
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration's top vaccine official, Vinay Prasad, has left the agency after just three months as ...
Anchorage Daily News7h
Top FDA vaccine regulator under Trump ousted amid conservative criticism
Vinay Prasad had come under fire from some Republicans and conservative activists, including far-right activist Laura Loomer, ...