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Controversial FDA official Dr. Vinay Prasad departs agency
Dr. Vinay Prasad, the controversial critic of the US Food and Drug Administration who took a top role at the regulatory ...
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.
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 ...
Can Boston startup Whoop win its face-off with the FDA?
Whoop is betting on political connections and wellness claims to keep its blood pressure monitoring feature, despite FDA ...
FDA vaccine chief leaving agency after less than 3 months
FDA’s drug center director, Dr. George Tidmarsh, will take over Prasad’s job in an acting role, according to an agency email ...
FDA looking to make vapes less addictive as agency head claims 85% of those sold are ‘illegal’
“First of all, 85 percent of vaping products sold at your local vape shop are illegal,” he told Rob Schmitt Tonight. “These ...
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After ‘conflicting’ signals from FDA, rare disease drugmaker contemplates closure
Stealth BioTherapeutics, which has been developing a rare disease drug, said it is making contingency plans to close the ...
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FDA takes steps to restrict 7-OH
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Tuesday said it is recommending a scheduling action to control certain ...
100 days into the job, FDA head talks to CNN about agency goals— and Coke’s switch to sugar
Commissioner Marty Makary says the FDA will plow ahead with big plans on ultra process foods, dietary guidelines and ...
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 short stint
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration's top official, Vinay Prasad, has left the agency after nearly three months as Director ...