Vinay Prasad had an issue. A number of, really. His employees on the Meals and Drug Administration saved leaking to the press. He was underneath assault by President Trump’s allies after transferring to tug a gene remedy off the market. Democrats weren’t blissful along with his Covid vaccine restrictions, and anti-vaccine advocates have been lambasting him for approving the photographs in any respect.
He despatched off an e-mail, obtained by STAT, to his staff on Saturday night, trying to manage the backlash. The company’s current crackdown on the gene remedy product was pushed by a scientific consensus, he mentioned. Not simply him.
“The motivation is solely what we predict is within the public curiosity— the correct judgment of advantages and dangers,” Prasad wrote.
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