BioCentury This Week
BioCentury This Week
BioCentury
Ep. 353 - Prasad Departure and Future of Fibrosis Therapies
37 minutes Posted Mar 9, 2026 at 10:00 pm.
Introduction
Prasad's Departure
Fibrosis Therapies
Psychedelics Clinical Catalysts
Obesity Updates
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Show notes
The second ousting of Vinay Prasad from FDA in the past eight months won’t lead to major changes at the agency, other than selecting a successor tasked with keeping FDA out of the news ahead of the coming midterm elections. On the latest BioCentury This Week podcast, Washington editor Steve Usdin lays out why the former CBER director was pushed out at FDA and what’s next for the agency following his departure. BioCentury’s editors also discuss the next wave of therapies for idiopathic pulmona...