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Critic of drug industry and COVID-19 measures to lead FDA vaccine program
The Food and Drug Administration says that a prominent medical contrarian and critic of the drug industry will head its ...
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 ...
COVID Boosters Might Not Be Updated For Next Season, FDA Commissioner Says
By Dennis Thompson HealthDay ReporterTUESDAY, May 6, 2025 (HealthDay News) -- The head of the U.S. Food and Drug ...
COVID vaccine boosters called into question by FDA chief: ‘Void of data’
Dr. Marty Makary, chief of the FDA, has expressed doubts about the agency approving the COVID-19 vaccine for winter, stating ...
Kennedy Issues Demands for Vaccine Approvals That Could Affect Fall Covid Boosters
The plans amount to an extraordinary flex of Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s power as health secretary to make decisions ordinarily ...
Updated Covid vaccines for the fall may be in jeopardy under Kennedy's new rules
If the FDA deems Pfizer’s and Moderna’s updated vaccines “new” products, it’s extremely unlikely the doses would be ready for ...
FDA picks critic of COVID boosters to be new top vaccines official
The Food and Drug Administration announced Tuesday it has picked a new head of its center charged with vaccine approvals and other biologics products: Dr. Vinay Prasad, a vocal critic of the agency's ...
HHS to require placebo testing of ‘all new vaccines,’ raising questions about approval of updated Covid-19 shots
The US Department of Health and Human Services said it will require that all new vaccines be tested in placebo-controlled ...
FDA Names Vinay Prasad as New Head of Vaccines, Biologics
FDA Commissioner Marty Makary named Vinay Prasad, a hematologist oncologist and critic of the Covid-19 vaccine for children, ...
How RFK Jr. Is Already Undermining Vaccines Under Trump
From sowing doubt about childhood vaccines to appointing fringe researchers to lead bogus studies, Kennedy is advancing the ...
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 ...
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 ...