Discussed in this episode:

Vinay Prasad, the Trump appointee who heads the FDA’s Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, has announced he’s leaving his position at the end of April. The announcement came shortly after he reversed a controversial decision to block FDA review of a new MRNA influenza vaccine from Moderna.

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