New York, March 8 (IANS) Indian-American scientist Vinay Prasad, who oversees the approval process for vaccines and new therapies, is stepping down amid controversies over his decisions to tighten certain regulations. His departure for the second time from the post of director of the Food and Drug Administration’s Centre for Biologics Evaluation and Research within a year was announced on Friday by the agency’s head, Marty Makary.Prasad had quit his job in July, less than two months after ta…
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New York, Feb 19 (IANS) Jay Bhattacharya, a physician and economist, is taking over the leadership of the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) as the acting director of the world’s premier medical research organisation.Bhattacharya, who now heads the National Institutes of Health (NIH), will simultaneously hold the CDC position, he told NBC News, confirming several earlier news reports.He steps into the CDC, which, like the rest of the federal health establishment, has been enmeshe…