MAGA supporters such as far-right political activist Laura Loomer have dubbed his appointment "baffling" and a "betrayal of the voters who elected Trump".

BMO Capital Markets pointed to FDA leadership, and CBER Director Vinay Prasad in particular, as potential factors in the ...

Prasad has also been an outspoken critic of Dr. Peter Marks, the FDA’s former vaccine chief, saying on Twitter, now X, in 2022 that Marks “might be the worst FDA regulator in modern history ...

He replaces Dr. Peter Marks, who helped lead the division for 13 years and shaped the Operation Warp Speed effort to rapidly develop Covid-19 vaccines and treatments.

Dr. Vinay Prasad, a prominent critic of the pharmaceutical industry and the Food and Drug Administration, has been named to oversee the agency’s program for vaccines and biotech drugs.

Last year, hundreds of people poured in to see Peter Marks, the FDA’s head of biologics, ... And among the biggest questions facing the gene therapy field is what stance Vinay Prasad, ...

Prasad, a professor at the University of California San Francisco, became a harsh critic of the government’s response and its vaccine policies during the Covid-19 pandemic. He replaces Dr. Peter Marks ...