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FDA vaccines chief Vinay Prasad to step down in April

Vinay Prasad’s tenure as FDA’s biologics chief was marked by controversies over rare disease drug scrutiny and vaccine regulation, with multiple agency rejections and leadership disputes.

  • The FDA confirmed Vinay Prasad, a top official overseeing vaccines and gene therapies, will depart in April and has not named a successor.
  • On 2026-03-06, the Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research increased scrutiny and rejected at least five cell and gene therapies, with a recent high-profile rejection of a rare-blood-cancer drug, amid disputes with drugmakers, and the Health and Human Services Department criticized an experimental Huntington's treatment the day before.
  • Sources describe management actions that reshaped CBER's internal operations, including firing staff and demanding calendar visibility from California, after a brief ouster and rehiring in July.
  • Prasad's actions produced immediate regulatory consequences, including a White House-intervened review after he refused to review a Moderna flu vaccine, and control of vaccine surveillance shifted from career staff.
  • Amid a broader shift under Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Prasad's exit signals wider policy implications as the FDA adopts a more vaccine-skeptical approach; this is a developing story STAT will update.
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Trump administration’s embattled FDA vaccine chief is leaving for the second time

FDA Commissioner Marty Makary announced the news to FDA staff in an email late Friday, saying Prasad would depart at the end of April.

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Trump administration's embattled FDA vaccine chief is leaving for the second time

The Food and Drug Administration’s controversial vaccine chief, Dr. Vinay Prasad, is once again leaving the agency.

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FDA’s controversial vaccine chief will exit agency next month

Dr. Vinay Prasad, the US Food and Drug Administration’s head of vaccines and biologic medicines, will leave the agency at the end of April, a spokesperson confirmed to CNN on Friday.

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Reuters broke the news in United Kingdom on Friday, March 6, 2026.
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