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Critic of drug industry and COVID-19 measures to lead FDA vaccine program
Dr. Vinay Prasad, a prominent critic of the pharmaceutical industry and the Food and Drug Administration, has been named to ...
FDA to boost surprise inspections at foreign-based food, medical plants
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said Tuesday it will expand its use of unannounced inspections at foreign manufacturing ...
FDA names Dr. Vinay Prasad as top vaccine official
In his new role with the FDA, Dr. Vinay Prasad will oversee the regulation of costly drugs, including vaccines, gene ...
Vocal FDA critic to serve as agency’s top vaccine regulator
Vinay Prasad, a critic of the Food and Drug Administration, has been tapped as the agency’s top regulator of vaccines, gene ...
FDA taps critic of COVID policies, drug industry, to lead vaccines division
The Food and Drug Administration has tapped Vinay Prasad, a prominent critic of federal COVID-19 policies and a proponent of ...
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Vinay Prasad tapped to run FDA center that regulates vaccines, gene therapies
Vinay Prasad will be the next director of the FDA's Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, after Peter Marks was ...
FDA to undo some layoffs, after cuts to inspections and drug safety
Multiple current and laid-off FDA employees said the abrupt layoffs had resulted in delays and disruptions to the agency's ...
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Vinay Prasad, a critic of drug industry and COVID-19 measures, to lead FDA vaccine program
Dr. Vinay Prasad, a prominent critic of the pharmaceutical industry and the Food and Drug Administration, has been named to ...
Norfolk man with Alzheimer’s sees results with new FDA-approved drug
There are 164,000 people in Virginia age 65 and older who suffer from Alzheimer’s, but two new drugs approved by the Food and ...
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FDA commissioner talks of shortening drug approval process, benefits of AI
Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Marty Makary, M.D., spoke about the need to shorten the length of the drug approval ...
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FDA to undo some layoffs, after cuts to inspections and drug safety
Food and Drug Administration officials have told some ... Kennedy initially planned to cut 3,500 employees from the FDA. In team-wide meetings that started last week, multiple FDA employees ...
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FDA in Crisis: How Trump Administration Downsizing Is Slowing Medical Innovation and Endangering Public Health
Recent reorganizations and "reductions in force" at the FDA have damaged the very backbone of our public health system.