In this week’s edition of InnovationRx, we look at the leadership departures at the CDC, Walgreens’ new CEO, Alnylam’s blood pressure treatment and more. To get it in your inbox, subscribe here . Susan Monarez, former CDC director The Washington Post via Getty Images

L ast week, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention was thrown into turmoil when agency head Susan Monarez was ousted from her role . Three other key leaders at the CDC also resigned: Daniel Jernigan, director of the National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases; Debra Houry, chief medical officer, and Demetre Daskalakis, director of the National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases. Mark Zaid, Monarez’s attorney, said she was fired for refusing to “rubber-stamp unscientific,

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