America’s drug regulator is in turmoil

1. A Storm at the Helm: Leadership Shakeups In early August 2025, Dr. Vinay Prasad—director of the FDA’s Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research (CBER)—resigned following fierce pressure from conservative activists and biotech critics. The controversy stemmed from his decision to halt delivery of Sarepta Therapeutics’ gene therapy Elevidys, meant to treat Duchenne muscular dystrophy, […]

As the world focuses on Gaza, starvation also looms in Sudan

More than two years after it began in April 2023, the war in Sudan shows no sign of ending, with deadly consequences for the people of Africa’s third-largest country. On August 5th the World Food Programme (WFP), a UN agency, said that residents of el-Fasher, in the western region of Darfur, faced starvation. It was a grim sign […]