Big Pharma Fingerprints Behind Ouster Of MAHA-Aligned FDA Official

In Kennedy's FDA, Hype Trumps Science (And Prasad Gets Dumped)

That didn’t take long. The moment Dr. Vinay Prasad crossed the drug industry and the rightwing fever swamp, he was ousted. His tenure at the Food and Drug Administration lasted less than three months.His crime? Late last week, the recently appointed chief science officer at FDA had the temerity to tell Sarepta Therapeutics to stop shipping patients its gene therapy for a rare muscle-wasting disease called Duchenne muscular dystrophy, a genetic d…

Big Pharma Fingerprints Behind Ouster Of MAHA-Aligned FDA Official

Dr. Vinay Prasad, the Food and Drug Administration’s top vaccine and biologics official, who gained a national following during the pandemic over his criticism of mask and vaccine mandates, was forced into retirement this week. His departure comes just days after a sudden flurry of attacks from conservative media figures over his safety review scrutiny of Elevidys, a $3.2 million prescription gene therapy linked to the death of several patients.…

What Vinay Prasad's ouster means for biotech and the FDA

This week’s show is focused on a single topic — the ouster of Food and Drug Administration official Vinay Prasad from his job running the agency’s biologics division. This surprising development came after a series of controversial decisions he made on Sarepta’s gene therapy for Duchenne muscular dystrophy and a barrage of political attacks from conservative voices. We bring on Brian Skorney, senior research analyst at Baird, to talk about the i…

Vinay Prasad falls from grace at FDA upon flunking Trump political purity test MAHA leaders agree on one point: COVID was mishandled. Is that enough to run science-based agencies? - The Cancer Letter

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