FDA Vaccine Committee Head Steps Aside Over Conflict Of Interest With Moderna Role

The head of the United States Food and Drug Administration’s vaccine advisory committee has recused herself from the panel due to her involvement in supervising the clinical trial of Moderna Inc’s (NASDAQ: MRNA) COVID-19 vaccine, Reuters reported Wednesday.What Happened: Hana El Sahly, an associate professor of virology and microbiology at the Houston-based Baylor College of Medicine, assumed the chair of FDA’s Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee last year.The panel of outside experts is tasked with recommending whether COVID-19 vaccines should get the approval of the agency.El Sahly also took charge as one of the three principal investigators for …read more

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