FDA Names New Top Vaccine Official After Resignation of Peter Marks

Dr. Vinay Prasad will serve as head of the Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration building in White Oak, Md., on June 5, 2023. Madalina Vasiliu/The Epoch Times

The Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) new top vaccine official is a university professor who has expressed criticism of how the agency handled COVID-19 vaccines.

Dr. Vinay Prasad will head the FDA’s Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research (CBER), FDA Commissioner Dr. Marty Makary said on May 6.