July 30 (UPI) -- Dr. Vinay Prasad, the chief scientific officer at the Food and Drug Administration, has resigned after only three months in the position.
"Dr. Prasad did not want to be a distraction to the great work of the FDA in the Trump administration and has decided to return to California and spend more time with his family," a spokesperson for the Department of Health and Human Services said in a statement. "We thank him for his service and the many important reforms he was able to achieve in his time at FDA."
The spokesperson didn't say who would replace Prasad. They also didn't give a reason for the resignation.
Prasad had served as director of the FDA's director of the Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research. He replaced Dr. Peter Marks who was forced out by HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
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