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FDA Vaccine Chief Steps Down After Controversial Tenure
During his first term, Trump signed the “Right to Try” law, which allows terminally ill patients to seek treatments that ...
FDA vaccine chief leaving agency after less than 3 months
Dr. Vinay Prasad is stepping down as the Food and Drug Administration’s top vaccine regulator after a brief tenure.
FDA's top vaccine official leaves agency after controversial decisions
Dr. Vinay Prasad, an oncologist who was a fierce critic of COVID vaccine and mask mandates, was appointed in May.
Controversial vaccine official Dr. Vinay Prasad departs FDA
Dr. Vinay Prasad had been serving as the FDA's director of the Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research since May, and ...
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 ...
US FDA's top vaccine official Vinay Prasad leaves agency after short stint
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration's top official, Vinay Prasad, has left the agency after nearly three months as Director ...
FDA vaccines head, chief medical officer Vinay Prasad departs agency
Vinay Prasad leaves FDA apparently due to backlash from the agency's handling of potential deaths related to Sarepta's ...
FDA commissioner predicts ‘record’ drug approvals this year
FDA Commissioner Marty Makary said the FDA’s review process will not slow down despite layoffs at the Department of Health ...
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 ...
States Are Moving to Protect Access to Vaccines
As federal vaccine policy shifts under US health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., lawmakers are looking to give state-level ...
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 of the agency’s COVID-19 policies, has departed after being on the job ...