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Top FDA vaccine official rejected broad use of Covid-19 shots, documents show
The US Food and Drug Administration’s top vaccine official overrode agency experts in May to recommend against the broad use of two Covid-19 vaccines, newly released documents show.
FDA Vaccine Official Restricted COVID Vaccine Approvals Against the Advice of Agency Staff
A top official at the Food and Drug Administration recently overruled government scientists on the availability of two COVID-19 vaccines
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The FDA's Dr. Vinay Prasad said that he disagreed with the agency's career vaccine reviewers about COVID shot approvals.
Top FDA official rejects COVID-19 vaccines, citing unknown risks
The Food and Drug Administration’s chief medical and scientific officer, Dr. Vinay Prasad, rejected two COVID-19 vaccines in May due to unknown risks despite experts’ confidence that they were safe, documents revealed.
FDA's Prasad overruled agency scientists in restricting use of COVID shots - report
The leader of the U.S. FDA's division that oversees vaccines, Vinay Prasad, overruled the recommendations of his agency's staff by limiting broader use of two COVID-19 vaccines. The FDA scientists had agreed earlier this year that Moderna's (NASDAQ:MRNA) mRNA-based shot should be approved for individuals 12 years and older.
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