Dr. Vinay Prasad, a prominent critic of the pharmaceutical industry and the Food and Drug Administration, has been named to oversee the health agency’s program for vaccines and biotech drugs. FDA Commissioner Dr.

Agency commissioner Dr. Marty Makary announced Tuesday that Dr. Vinay Prasad, a prominent COVID-19 vaccine critic, has been appointed to lead the Food and Drug Administration Center, which oversees the approval of vaccines and other biologics products.

The US Food and Drug Administration has named Dr. Vinay Prasad, a hematologist oncologist, to lead its Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, the division that oversees vaccines and biologic medicines.