October 06, 2020

White House Nixes Updated FDA Guidelines On Vaccine Approval-The Associated Press

The White House has blocked new Food and Drug Administration guidelines on bringing potential vaccines for COVID-19 to market that would almost certainly have prevented their introduction before the Nov. 3 election. At issue was the FDA’s planned instruction that vaccine developers follow patients enrolled in their trials for at least two months to rule out safety issues before seeking emergency approval from the agency. The Associated Press, 10/06/2020