COVID-19 Vaccines: BIO Pushes For EUA Guidance, While HHS’ Azar Downplays Its Importance
Executive Summary
Guidance's release would provide regulatory clarity to scientists and strengthen public confidence in any vaccine authorized by the FDA, trade group says, but Alex Azar tells Congress the controversy over the unpublished document is overblown and making a ‘mountain out of a molehill.'
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