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Trump administration’s embattled FDA vaccine chief is leaving for the second time

Dr. Vinay Prasad's tenure involved demanding additional trials for vaccines and gene therapies, sparking disputes with drugmakers and criticism from industry and lawmakers.

  • Late Friday, an agency email to staff said Dr. Vinay Prasad, FDA's top vaccine and biotech regulator, will leave in April to return to UCSF as a professor.
  • Amid a month of backlash, Dr. Vinay Prasad faced criticism from pharmaceutical executives, investors, and members of Congress for tightening approval guidelines and reversing Moderna's mRNA flu vaccine review.
  • The agency even held a rare press conference to criticize UniQure and defend its request for an additional study after staff raised concerns, while a senior FDA official called the original AMT-130 study 'stone cold negative' and Congressman Jake Auchincloss alleged unlawful disclosure of trade secrets.
  • Shares of UniQure spiked Monday, and analysts called Prasad's planned exit a big win for biotech as more than a half-dozen drugmakers face costly extra-study requests.
  • There's no replacement yet, and Prasad's departure follows a recent HHS leadership reshuffle with no named successor at CBER, according to Makary.
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