FDA vaccines head, chief medical officer Vinay Prasad departs agency

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Vinay Prasad, who headed the U.S. FDA division in charge of vaccines and was also chief medical and scientific officer, has abruptly left the agency.

He joined the FDA in May as director of the Center for Biologics Evaluation and

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