by rss feed | May 6, 2025 | News Feeds, stem cell politics, Tracy Hoeg, Vinay Prasad
The FDA has a new CBER Director Dr. Vinay Prasad. CBER is the FDA’s biologics branch that handles things like cell therapies and vaccines. The branch has been in near-constant upheaval this year. For a time, Scott Steele was acting CBER Director. It wasn’t...
by rss feed | Apr 8, 2025 | FDA, News Feeds, Tracy Beth Høeg, Tracy Hoeg
New FDA Commissioner Marty Makary has brought on Dr. Tracy Beth Hoeg (or Høeg) as a special assistant. Hoeg has had some controversial views on COVID. She has seemed skeptical of certain elements of vaccination, masking, and school closing. What struck me is that she...