Opinion: STAT+: Landmines await Vinay Prasad’s successor at the FDA

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Vinay Prasad’s short yet two-act tenure at the FDA was wild. How does anyone follow him as the new leader of biologics oversight at the agency?

Someone I know at the FDA joked to me recently that I should be the new director of the Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research (CBER) after Prasad. I literally laughed out loud at how comical that sounded, but it got me thinking: Who would be both willing to do it and could get picked? Further, what’s awaiting them?

Prasad became a favorite punching bag of many, including the Wall Street Journal editorial board and right-wing activists like Laura Loomer. They are teed up to clobber the next person, too.

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