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Dr Prasad currently serves as the Director of the Center for Biologics Evaluation and Resesarch (CBER) at the US FDA. The audio on this platform were posted before my FDA employment and do not necessarily represent the views of the FDA or the United States. This site will be inactive during my federal service. A podcast on medicine, oncology, & health policy. Host: Vinay Prasad, MD MPH from University of California San Francisco. Tweet your feedback to @Plenary_Session or e-mail [email protected]

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Pope has cancer; Phase 1 trials for AI; Can AI hack cancer trials__1

2026/10/17

Pope has cancer; Phase 1 trials for AI; Can AI hack cancer trials__1 by Plenary Session

5.05 Measles in PA, Nature's editorial, and more

2026/09/07

5.05 Measles in PA, Nature's editorial, and more by Plenary Session

5.04 Jason Arday, Nathan Cofnas and the Decline of University Standards

2026/08/26

5.04 Jason Arday, Nathan Cofnas and the Decline of University Standards by Plenary Session

5.03 - 5 red flags, Betting Markets, Covid Czar says lab origin

2026/08/07

5.03 - 5 red flags, Betting Markets, Covid Czar says lab origin by Plenary Session

Season 5 Ep 2 - Anthony Fauci's Diary and Congressional Testimony

2026/08/04

Season 5 Ep 2 - Anthony Fauci's Diary and Congressional Testimony by Plenary Session

Reboot - I am back with Audio podcasts

2026/07/21

Reboot - I am back with Audio podcasts by Plenary Session

Longevity Episode 2 - Nutrition science

2026/05/20

Longevity Episode 2 - Nutrition science by Plenary Session

Longevity Lecture series Introduction and Lecture 1

2026/05/12

Longevity Lecture series Introduction and Lecture 1 by Plenary Session

CABINET - trial - Cabozantinib for NET

2025/02/20

Back to basics as I break down a trial

RFK Jr takes office/ CDC layoffs/ Varmus criticizes Jay's proposal for Academic Freedom

2025/02/19

I discuss RFK Jr.'s confirmation as the US Secretary of Health and Human Services; recent layoffs at the CDC and NIH; and some comments by Harold Varmus in criticism of Jay Bhattacharya.

Trump is breaking media brains / NIH cuts indirect payments and scientists freak out

2025/02/19

I discuss the intense media coverage of Trump and the recent decision to cap indirect costs of NIH grants at 15%.

Elon's 6 Engineers/ Unelected/ RFK Jr/ MMR vaccines/ DEI/ USAID and NIH funding complaints

2025/02/19

I'm talking about USAID and Elon's team of six engineers; the Bobby Kennedy Jr hearings, particularly concerning Samoa; MMR vaccines; DEI; and NIH funding complaints.

Why the NIH is a broken funding system

2025/02/19

I discuss the recent reduction in indirect funds for NIH grants and lay out why the NIH is a broken funding system.

CIA says lab leak, Fauci's pardon, NIH's meetings, RFK Jr's hearing & more!

2025/02/19

I discuss the CIA admitting that COVID was a lab leak; Fauci's pardon; NIH meetings; RFK Jr's Senate confirmation hearing; and more.

Trump's Big Health Care Changes: NIH study sections, MMWR gag order, WHO withdrawal & more!

2025/02/01

I discuss Trump's big health care changes: NIH study sections, the MMWR gag order, the US withdrawal from WHO, and more!

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★★★★★

Cyber-Ronin Konsho 2026/08/28

Another reason to have hope

Vinay, I’m so happy you’re back to producing this program. It was bittersweet when you stopped these commentaries because you joined the trump adminis...

★★★★★

Jayoz 2026/08/09

Thank you

What an invaluable service you provide . The more one learns about the action of Fauci during his reign the angrier one can only get . Thank you for ...

★★★★★

WNCtiff 2026/05/21

Food!

So glad to have you back on the podcast! If for nothing more than to wish you were cooking for me rather than getting the study - prescribed food ;) L...

★★★★★

niclsmghty 2026/03/19

Resurrecting?

Hopeful for more now that you’ve been unshackled from the Fed!?!

★☆☆☆☆

LH3742 2025/04/25

What happened!?

Essential listening early post-pandemic, a light in the storm. Carefully reasoned, well-cited, and occasionally feisty. I checked back after a long wh...

★☆☆☆☆

ColleagueInOnc 2025/02/11

Big Rant Energy

There is a lot to be desired from our healthcare system and certainly we need to be questioning how we can better serve our patients. However, this gr...

★★★★★

Wizwittout 2024/05/22

A ray of hope and rationality in a profit driven medicine

As yet another burned out physician with nothing other than thinly-veiled pharma-driven biased research to inform practice, I lose more and more hope...

★★★★★

Docpush 2024/05/17

Mt. Sinai Talk

Brilliant and so useful to us here in the trenches! Thanks

★★★★★

Mel Cavendish 2024/03/28

Keep Up The Good Work

As a civilian working in Death Care, I’m grateful for this podcast. An important aspect of the scientific method is to poke holes in all hypotheses in...

★★★★★

Taikorhythm 2024/01/12

Appreciate you so much Vinay

Thank you soooo much for being the voice of courage and reason!

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