Oxford University Covid-19 vaccine firm says it is not in talks with Trump
2020-08-25 09:23:55 source：The Guardian
August 24, 2020
The company manufacturing the Oxford University coronavirus vaccine has said it is not in talks with the Trump administration about fast-tracking its vaccine for emergency use ahead of November’s presidential elections.
With both Russia and China pressing ahead with inoculations involving experimental vaccines yet to pass final efficacy and safety trials, the Trump administration has become increasingly frustrated with the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), which the president has tried to suggest is slowing approval of a vaccine for “political reasons”.
In a statement released following a report in the Financial Times, insisted it had “not discussed emergency use authorisation with the US government and it would be premature to speculate on that possibility”.
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