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FDA’s Prasad Exits Following Political Backlash Over Sarepta
Vinay Prasad, a top regulator at the US Food and Drug Administration, ended his short tenure at the agency after conservative ...
Sarepta finally gets some good news: A patient death wasn’t its DMD drug’s fault.
Sarepta Therapeutics’ stock was soaring Tuesday after the FDA recommended lifting the pause on the company’s Duchenne ...
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Vinay Prasad departs FDA amid conservative criticism, controversy over Sarepta gene therapy
Vinay Prasad, M.D., has left the FDA less than three months into the role as director of the Center for Biologics Evaluation ...
InnovationRx: Sarepta Blinks In Showdown With FDA
In this week’s edition of InnovationRx, we look at Moderna’s use of quantum computers, a new top drug regulator at the FDA, ...
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Pharmalittle: We’re reading about a new Novo Nordisk CEO, an FDA reversal on Sarepta, and more
Novo Nordisk tapped Maziar Mike Doustdar, its head of international operations, as its new chief executive officer and ...
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Untangling Sarepta’s gene therapy fallout and a growing trust deficit
Over a whirlwind three weeks, Sarepta Therapeutics has faced tough safety questions around its commercial gene therapy ...
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FDA's Top Vaccine Chief Resigns
After just a few controversial months, Vinay Prasad, MD, MPH, has stepped down as director of FDA's Center for Biologics ...
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Sarepta Gets Reprieve, RFK Jr.’s New Changes, Roche’s Alzheimer’s Comeback and Q2 Earnings
Sarepta’s Elevidys is back on the market for ambulatory patients with Duchenne muscular dystrophy, Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. reportedly plans to dissolve the U.S. Preventive Services Task ...