FDA vaccine director flagged concerns over "hyper-accelerated" review of Pfizer's Covid-19 vaccine

The FDA managed to process Pfizer’s Covid-19 jab in less than a third of usual time, but recently uncovered e-mails reveal that not all officials were on board with the accelerated review.
Photo: Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP/Ritzau Scanpix
Photo: Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP/Ritzau Scanpix
by christian bundgaard, translated by daniel pedersen

Had the decision been left to the US Food and Drug Administration’s former director of vaccine research and review, Marion Gruber, Pfizer’s Covid-19 jab would never have received accelerated review at all, reports media Endpoints News. Before it happened, she said in a hitherto unpublicized email sent to other FDA officials that fast-tracking the approval process would undermine public trust in the Covid-19 vaccine.

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