US EditionFDA reinstates ousted top vaccine regulator Vinay Prasad
UNITED STATES, AUG 09 – Dr. Vinay Prasad resigned amid gene therapy safety concerns and political pressure but was reinstated within two weeks with backing from senior health officials at the FDA and HHS.
- At the FDA’s request, Dr. Vinay Prasad, Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research director, resumed leadership, a little more than a week after resigning on July 30, HHS spokesperson Andrew Nixon said.
- Far-Right activist Laura Loomer labeled him a 'progressive leftist saboteur' after he resigned on July 30, amid criticism over pausing a DMD gene therapy linked to three deaths.
- The FDA asked Sarepta on July 18 to pause shipments of its Duchenne muscular dystrophy therapy after a third death in a separate gene therapy, linking it to two teen fatalities.
- His reinstatement occurred alongside the reemployment of approximately 25% of the 3,500 FDA workers, reportedly surprising personnel.
- Internal divisions within the FDA are highlighted by Dr. Vinay Prasad's return, with Laura Loomer promising to ramp up investigations in the coming weeks, exposing broader institutional challenges.
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The doctor who only recently resigned from his position as the Food and Drug Administration’s top vaccine official has rejoined the agency, a spokesperson said on Aug. 9. “At the FDA’s request, Dr. Vinay Prasad is resuming leadership of the Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research,” a spokesperson for the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), the FDA’s parent agency, told news outlets in a statement. Prasad resigned in July. “Dr. Pr…
Dr. Vinay Prasad will return as director of the Division of Vaccines and Genetic Therapy of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Less than two weeks after his resignation, surrounded by pressure from some voices in the MAGA universe, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) confirmed his return to the agency.Read more]]>
Ousted vaccine regulator Vinay Prasad to return to FDA
Vinay Prasad, who was recently ousted as the top vaccine and gene therapy regulator at the US Food and Drug Administration, is returning to his role, the Department of Health and Human Services said Saturday. Prasad is returning at the FDA’s request, HHS spokesperson Andrew Nixon said in a written statement. “Neither the White House nor HHS will allow the fake news media to distract from the critical work the FDA is carrying out under the Trump…
Ousted FDA vaccine chief returns to agency | Honolulu Star-Advertiser
WASHINGTON >> Dr. Vinay Prasad, who led the Food and Drug Administration’s vaccines and gene therapy division before resigning under pressure two weeks ago, is returning to the agency, a Department of Health and Human Services spokesperson confirmed today.
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