Vinay Prasad on Competing Approval Agencies: recommends

What Prasad says

Dr. Vinay Prasad says he is open to competing, “Consumer Reports–style” approval bodies as an alternative to a single FDA. In his August 26, 2026 interview with Reason, he says his FDA experience made him “a bit more libertarian” and that competing agencies could give Americans “greater flexibility in what kind of products they can try.”

His stated reasoning

Prasad’s stated reasoning is that a single monopoly regulator can entrench error and capture, while competition among approval bodies would let different evidence standards coexist and give patients more options. He frames it as an openness to experimentation rather than a settled policy proposal.

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