Vinay Prasad, an FDA Commissioner, wields more power than Anthony Fauci ever did at the National Institutes of Health.
In recent weeks, the FDA has rejected three therapies for debilitating diseases that have shown promise in clinical trials. The agency has also forced off the market a gene therapy that can slow the degenerative loss of muscular function in young boys with certain genetic mutations. Behold America’s strong and arbitrary regulatory state at work….
Dr. Prasad has long criticized the FDA for approving too many treatments that, in his view, provide only marginal benefits. He’s also lambasted President Trump’s first-term “right to try” law, which lets terminally ill patients try experimental drugs not yet approved by the FDA.
Source: Allysia Finley, Wall Street Journal