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My colleague Brittany Trang calculates that Vinay Prasad lasted fewer than eight Scaramuccis at the FDA — a Scaramucci is a rough measurement typically assumed to be 11 days. The STAT team, especially Lizzy Lawrence, busted their butts on FDA reporting this week. Tip jar: John.Wilkerson@statnews.com or John_Wilkerson.07 on Signal.
The harder they fall
Vinay Prasad, who led the FDA’s biologics center and was the agency’s chief medical and scientific officer, is out. Lizzy has the story on his precipitous fall.
