A former critic of FDA and Pharma will now oversee the regulation of costly and complicated biologics like vaccines, gene therapies, and blood supply.

One day after he was named the director of the FDA’s Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, Vinay Prasad showed up at ...

From claiming COVID vaccines were perfect and would end the pandemic to treating rare, temporary vaccine side-effects, even ...

The United States Food and Drug Administration has chosen Dr Vinay Prasad to lead its Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research.

Matthew Herper joins Adam and Allison to examine Prasad’s appointment and the band of outsiders now in charge of U.S. health ...

In the wake of the high-profile departure of Peter Marks, M.D., Ph.D., the FDA has a new leader for its Center for Biologics ...

FDA commissioner Marty Makary told FDA staff in an email that Prasad, “brings a great set of skills, energy, and competence ...

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The question on many minds among FDA rank-and-file in attendance was: Which Prasad would show up? The 2010s Prasad -- a ...

The UCSF professor and frequent YouTube poster has criticized COVID-19 vaccine mandates as well as the accelerated approval ...

How did biopharma stocks react to Vinay Prasad’s appointment as director of one of the FDA's top jobs? Not well. Prasad, a hematologist-oncologist by training who gained prominence for criticizing ...

Biotech venture capital is risky business, inherently at the mercy of regulators and binary outcomes. Now it may face a new ...