Prasad’s Leaked FDA Memo, Alzheimer’s Ups and Downs, Next-Gen Obesity Drugs
Vinay Prasad’s memo, leaked over the weekend, has sent vaccine makers’ stocks slipping and experts clamoring for more evidence to support the CBER director’s claim that COVID vaccines have led to the deaths of at least 10 children. It’s the latest insult to the vaccine sector from the healthcare administration this year, with other challenges coming on the CDC side, where the recently revamped advisory committee is heading into its next meeting with a brand new chair.
Elsewhere at the FDA, newly promoted Center for Drug Evaluation and Research Director Richard Pazdur has filed the paperwork…
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