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The FDA’s top vaccine and gene therapy official resigned amid heightened scrutiny over recent drug approval decisions and ...
Vinay Prasad, head of the Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research (CBER) at the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA), ...
The agency’s now-reversed decision to halt distribution of a gene therapy for children suffering from muscular dystrophy ...
After turning down several new drugs and restricting use of another, Dr. Vinay Prasad drew the ire of the right-wing ...
Following a complete response letter rejecting accelerated approval for RP1 in advanced melanoma, IGNYTE trial investigators are urging the FDA to reevaluate the therapy’s robust survival data, just ...
As analysts parsed news of Vinay Prasad’s ouster, worries over drug approval delays, cell and gene therapy impacts and more ...
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration's top official, Vinay Prasad, has left the agency after nearly three months as Director ...
Regulators block Duchenne muscular dystrophy treatment after fatal side-effects outweigh questionable efficacy ...
Prasad’s short FDA tenure brought stricter review standards for gene and COVID vaccines, sparking biotech concern and political backlash.
Prasad's exit ends a tumultuous tenure during which he led a reworking of agency guidelines on COVID vaccines and his office ...
Dr Vinay Prasad, the FDA's Chief Medical and Scientific Officer, resigned from his post on 29 July 2025 after mounting ...