By Darren Incorvaia – Fierce Biotech –
After the Department of Health and Human Services canceled about $500 million in funding for mRNA vaccine development, one senior agency leader has decided to call it quits. Alastair Thomson is resigning as chief data officer at the Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H), according to his Aug. 10 LinkedIn announcement that has since been deleted.
“This is painful beyond belief for me because we at ARPA-H are doing incredible things in the interests of the American people, and showing progress that will truly change the trajectory of people’s health,” Thomson wrote in the now-deleted post.
