FDA Vaccine Chief Forced Out Again
March 7, 2026·20 days ago·via The New York Times
The FDA's embattled vaccine chief, Dr. Vinay Prasad, is leaving the agency for the second time in under a year after controversies over vaccine reviews and rare disease drugs. FDA Commissioner Marty Makary announced Prasad's departure at the end of April, with him returning to UC San Francisco. Prasad faced backlash from biotech execs, patient groups, and even conservative Trump allies after rejecting Moderna's mRNA flu vaccine application - only for the FDA to reverse course. Read more about this...