Dr. Vinay Prasad had been serving as the FDA’s director of the Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research since May, and was later named chief medical and scientific officer.
Dr. Vinay Prasad, the controversial FDA vaccine official who had been critical of the agency’s moves to greenlight COVID-19 boosters, has left the agency, the Department of Health and Human Services said Wednesday.
“Dr. Prasad did not want to be a distraction to the great work of the FDA in the Trump administration and has decided to return to California and spend more time with his family”, HHS said. “We thank him for his service and the many important reforms he was able to achieve in his time at FDA.”
Prasad had been serving as the FDA’s director of the Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research since May, replacing Dr. Peter Marks, who had been forced out by HHS Secretary Robert F.
