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FDA picks critic of COVID boosters to be new top vaccines official
"You could replace Peter Marks with a bobblehead doll that just stamps approval and you would have the same outcome at FDA ...
Moderna, Pharma Stocks Fall as FDA Names Industry Critic as Top Vaccine Regulator
Dr. Vinay Prasad succeeds Dr. Peter Marks, who left the role of leader of the FDA’s Center for Biologics Evaluation and ...
Ex-FDA Official Is Worried About the FDA’s New “Anti-Vaccine Tone”
Dr. Peter Marks, an ex-FDA vaccine official, is warning of a fundamental change at the agency—where vaccine skepticism now ...
The top FDA vaccine official is forced out, cites RFK Jr.'s 'misinformation and lies'
A top vaccine advisor at the FDA was forced to resign on Friday. In his resignation letter, Dr. Peter Marks wrote "truth and ...
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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 ...
Top Vaccine Official Resigns From FDA, Criticizes RFK Jr. for Promoting ‘Misinformation and Lies’
Despite the project’s success, Trump repeatedly lashed out at the FDA for not approving the first COVID shots even sooner.
US FDA names oncologist Vinay Prasad as top vaccine official
The US Food and Drug Administration has named Vinay Prasad, an oncologist who has previously criticized COVID-19 restrictions ...
Former top health official criticizes RFK Jr. for downplaying measles deaths
The former top vaccines official at the Food and Drug Administration criticized Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. for downplaying the deaths of unvaccinated children from ...
Vinay Prasad to head FDA division regulating vaccines
The U.S. FDA has appointed Vinay Prasad to be the next director of its Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research division ...
Top vaccine official forced out of FDA
The head of the US Food and Drug Administration department responsible for assuring the safety and effectiveness of vaccines has resigned, according to a resignation letter obtained by CNN.
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FDA commissioner Marty Makary taps Vinay Prasad to head up CBER
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 ...
Ex-official says he was forced out of FDA after trying to protect vaccine safety data from RFK Jr.
A former top vaccine official says he was forced out of government after trying to block Robert F. Kennedy Jr. from accessing a sensitive vaccine safety database.