FDA Commissioner Willing To Fast-Track COVID Vaccine

The New York Post reports:

The head of the US Food and Drug Administration is willing to fast-track a coronavirus vaccine as quickly as possible – even before Phase Three clinical trials end — as long as officials are convinced the benefits outweigh the risks, according to a report.

Commissioner Stephen Hahn told the Financial Times that the move would not be a result from any pressure from Team Trump to roll out COVID-19 vaccines as a means to increase the president’s re-election chances.

“It is up to the sponsor [vaccine developer] to apply for authorization or approval, and we make an adjudication of their application,” Hahn told the outlet. “If they do that before the end of Phase Three, we may find that appropriate. We may find that inappropriate, we will make a determination.”

Last week Trump accused the “deep state” FDA of slow-walking vaccine development.