A biopharmaceutical research company with ties in Andover has laid off a third of its workforce as one of the industry leaders in gene therapy goes through a “strategic restructuring.” Sarepta ...

Prasad, a longtime critic of the FDA’s leniency in drug approvals, joined the agency in May. WASHINGTON — The Food and Drug ...

Donald Trump reportedly ignored calls from Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. not to fire the top vaccine official at the ...

( The Hill) – Vinay Prasad, the top vaccine regulator and chief scientific officer at the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and a critic of the agency’s COVID-19 policies, has departed after being on ...

Indian-origin scientist Vinay Prasad resigned as the FDA's vaccine and gene therapy chief in just three months after backlash ...

But this time, the unknown is hitting the industry in a different way from when Prasad was tapped to lead CBER less than ...

On Dr. Prasad’s new watch, the FDA has torpedoed several promising treatments for rare and deadly diseases. This includes an immunotherapy shot that helped a third of advanced melanoma patients who ...

Other changes under Prasad, who was also the agency's chief medical and science officer, included a new policy limiting the ...